After 1851: The material and visual cultures of the Crystal Palace of Sydenham - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0719096499 ISBN 13 : 9780719096495

Editeur : Manchester University Press, 2017

Synopsis

Echoing Joseph Paxton's question at the close of the Great Exhibition, 'What is to become of the Crystal Palace?', this interdisciplinary essay collection argues that there is considerable potential in studying this unique architectural and art-historical document after 1851, when it was rebuilt in the South London suburb of Sydenham. It brings together research on objects, materials and subjects as diverse as those represented under the glass roof of the Sydenham Palace itself; from the Venus de Milo to Sheffield steel, souvenir 'peep eggs' to war memorials, portrait busts to imperial pageants, tropical plants to cartoons made by artists on the spot, copies of paintings from ancient caves in India to 1950s film. Essays do not simply catalogue and collect this eclectic congregation, but provide new ways for assessing the significance of the Sydenham Crystal Palace for both nineteenth- and twentieth-century studies. The volume will be of particular interest to researchers and students of British cultural history, museum studies, and art history.

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À propos de l'auteur

Kate Nichols is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Research in Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities at the University of Cambridge

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Manchester University Press
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0719096499
• ISBN 13: 9780719096495
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 232
• Éditeur: Nichols Kate, Turner Sarah Victoria
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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