Transformative Beauty : Art Museums in Industrial Britain.

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Why did British industrial cities build art museums? By exploring the histories of the municipal art museums in Birmingham, Liverpool, and Manchester, Transformative Beauty examines the underlying logic of the Victorian art museum movement. These museums attempted to create a space free from the mor...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Woodson-Boulton, Amy
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Palo Alto : Stanford University Press, 2012.
Subjects:
1800-1999
Art and society > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Art and society > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Art and state > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Art and state > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Art museums > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Art museums > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Art et société > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Art et société > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Art > Politique gouvernementale > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Art > Politique gouvernementale > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Art and society
Art and state
Art museums
Great Britain
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Recovering Victorian Ideas About Art, Beauty, and Society; 1. Ruskin, Ruskinians, and City Art Galleries; 2. The Public House Versus the Public Home: The Debate over Sunday Opening; 3. Collecting for Art as Experience, or Why Millais Trumps Rembrandt; 4. Teaching Through Art: Beauty, Truth, and Story; 5. A New Narrative: From Experience to Appreciation; Epilogue; Abbreviations Used in Notes and Bibliography; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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