03181nam 2200685 a 450 991078988010332120230801221406.00-8047-8053-610.1515/9780804780537(CKB)2670000000138785(EBL)827716(OCoLC)769343150(SSID)ssj0000642239(PQKBManifestationID)12221190(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000642239(PQKBWorkID)10646362(PQKB)10815284(StDuBDS)EDZ0000127687(MiAaPQ)EBC827716(DE-B1597)564626(DE-B1597)9780804780537(Au-PeEL)EBL827716(CaPaEBR)ebr10537884(OCoLC)1224278849(EXLCZ)99267000000013878520110719d2012 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrTransformative beauty[electronic resource] art museums in industrial Britain /Amy Woodson-BoultonStanford, Calif. Stanford University Press20121 online resource (287 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8047-7804-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction : recovering Victorian ideas about art, beauty, and society -- Ruskin, Ruskinians, and city art galleries -- The public house or the public home : the debate over Sunday opening -- Collecting for art as experience, or why Millais trumps Rembrandt -- Teaching through art : beauty, truth, and story -- A new narrative : from experience to appreciation.Why did British industrial cities build art museums? By exploring the histories of the municipal art museums in Birmingham, Liverpool, and Manchester, Transformative Beauty examines the underlying logic of the Victorian art museum movement. These museums attempted to create a space free from the moral and physical ugliness of industrial capitalism. Deeply engaged with the social criticism of John Ruskin, reformers created a new, prominent urban institution, a domesticated public space that not only aimed to provide refuge from the corrosive effects of industrial society but also prArt museumsGreat BritainHistory19th centuryArt museumsGreat BritainHistory20th centuryArt and stateGreat BritainHistory19th centuryArt and stateGreat BritainHistory20th centuryArt and societyGreat BritainHistory19th centuryArt and societyGreat BritainHistory20th centuryArt museumsHistoryArt museumsHistoryArt and stateHistoryArt and stateHistoryArt and societyHistoryArt and societyHistory708.209/034Woodson-Boulton Amy1571323MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910789880103321Transformative beauty3845685UNINA