Transformative beauty [[electronic resource] ] : art museums in industrial Britain / / Amy Woodson-Boulton

• Autore: Woodson-Boulton Amy
• Pubblicazione: Stanford, Calif., : Stanford University Press, 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (287 p.)
• Disciplina: 708.209/034
• Soggetto topico: Art museums - Great Britain - History - 19th century; Art museums - Great Britain - History - 20th century; Art and state - Great Britain - History - 19th century; Art and state - Great Britain - History - 20th century; Art and society - Great Britain - History - 19th century; Art and society - Great Britain - History - 20th century
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 pr
• Titolo autorizzato: Transformative beauty
• ISBN: 0-8047-8053-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910789880103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II