Displaying Italian Sculpture: Exploring Hierarchies at the South Kensington Museum 1852-62.
Journal: White Rose eTheses Online (University of Leeds, The University of Sheffield, University of York)
Year: 2014

The South Kensington Museum’s early collections were conceived in the wake of the Great Exhibition and sought a similar juxtaposition of the fine and applied arts. Whilst there is an abundance of literature relating to the Great Exhibition and the V&amp;A in terms of their connection to design history and arts education, the place of sculpture at these institutions has been almost entirely overlooked – a surprising fact when one considers how fundamental the medium is to these debates as a conne