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

• Autore: Nichols Kate
• Pubblicazione: Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015
• Edizione: First edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
• Disciplina: 733.09421609034
• Soggetto topico: Sculpture, Classical - Exhibitions - 19th century - England - London; Exhibitions - History - 20th century - London - England; Exhibitions - History - 19th century - London - England; Art exhibition audiences - History - 20th Century - London - England; Art exhibition audiences - History - 19th century - London - England; Art and society - History - 20th century - London - England; Art and society - History; Visual Arts; Art, Architecture & Applied Arts; Sculpture
• Soggetto geografico: Crystal Palace (Sydenham, London, England) History
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Greece and Rome at the Crystal Palace
• ISBN: 0-19-179577-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996213384903316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno
• Serie: Classical presences.