THE SENSORY MANIFESTO

À , a book about one man and his obsessions, shook more than a few trees and was regarded by many as a sensory manifesto that more than accommodated the aesthetic movement’s philosophy that every sense must be entertained, every object beautiful, and taste in all things paramount. Hitherto, there’d been neither a cultural movement that entertained such notions or a book that catalogued and applauded them. Accordingly, no dandy of merit was without his dog-eared copy. Beardsley and Whistler