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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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| Dokumenttyp: | Online-Ressource Buch |
| Sprache: | English |
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Oxford
: Oxford University Press
, 2015
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| Ausgabe: | First edition |
| Schriftenreihe: | Classical presences
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| Online Zugang: | http://proxy.fid-lizenzen.de/han/oup-ebooks-altertum/dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199596461.001.0001 |
| Verantwortlich: | Kate Nichols |
| E-Book-Pakete: | Oxford Scholarship Online: Classical Studies Collection |
| 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 |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | 1 Online-Ressource illustrations (black and white) |
| ISBN: | 9780191795770 |
