Greece and Rome at the Crystal Palace : classical sculpture and modern Britain, 1854-1936

Kate Nichols examines the debates that arose around the presentation of classical plaster casts to a mass audience at the Sydenham Crystal Palace, in nineteenth and early twentieth-century Britain. It uncovers the social, political, and aesthetic role of ancient Greek and Roman sculpture in Victoria...

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Nichols, Kate
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Ausgabe:
First edition.
Zusammenfassung:
Kate Nichols examines the debates that arose around the presentation of classical plaster casts to a mass audience at the Sydenham Crystal Palace, in nineteenth and early twentieth-century Britain. It uncovers the social, political, and aesthetic role of ancient Greek and Roman sculpture in Victorian and Edwardian culture, assessing how classical art and architecture figured in debates over design reform, taste, beauty and morality, race and imperialism.
Umfang:
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white).
Anmerkungen:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Anmerkungen:
English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Schriftenreihe:
Classical Presences Greece and Rome at the Crystal Palace
ISBN:
0-19-179577-1
Schlagworte:
Crystal Palace (Sydenham, London, England) > History.
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