Greece and Rome at the Crystal Palace : classical sculpture and modern Britain, 1854-1936
Nichols, KateAuthor
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.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on March 12, 2015).
Crystal Palace (Sydenham, London, England)
Sculpture, Classical
Exhibitions
Exhibitions
Art exhibition audiences
Art exhibition audiences
Art and society
Art and society
Visual Arts
Art, Architecture & Applied Arts
Sculpture