Utilitarianism and the Art School in Nineteenth-Century Britain
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Published: 2012
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781848932982
Subjects: Utilitarianism; Great britain, social life and customs; Great britain, history, 19th century
Description: The mid-19th century saw the introduction of publicly funded art education as an alternative to the established private institutions. Quinn explores the ways in which members of parliament applied Bentham's utilitarian philosophy to questions of public taste.