The Resource Transformative beauty : art museums in industrial Britain, Amy Woodson-Boulton
Transformative beauty : art museums in industrial Britain, Amy Woodson-Boulton
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- Summary
- 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 moral and physical ugliness of industrial capitalism. Deeply engaged with the social criticism of John Ruskin, reformers created a new, prominent urban institution, a domesticated public space that not only aimed to provide refuge from the corrosive effects of industrial society but also provided a rem
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xiii, 270 p.
- Contents
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- Introduction : recovering Victorian ideas about art, beauty, and society
- Ruskin, Ruskinians, and city art galleries
- The public house versus the public home : the debate over Sunday opening
- Collecting for art as experience, or Why Millais trumps Rembrandt
- Teaching through art : beauty, truth, and story
- A new narrative : from experience to appreciation
- Isbn
- 9780804778046
- Label
- Transformative beauty : art museums in industrial Britain
- Title
- Transformative beauty
- Title remainder
- art museums in industrial Britain
- Statement of responsibility
- Amy Woodson-Boulton
- Subject
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- Art museums -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
- Art museums -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
- Art and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
- Art and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
- Art and state -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
- Art and state -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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 moral and physical ugliness of industrial capitalism. Deeply engaged with the social criticism of John Ruskin, reformers created a new, prominent urban institution, a domesticated public space that not only aimed to provide refuge from the corrosive effects of industrial society but also provided a rem
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- CaPaEBR
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Woodson-Boulton, Amy
- Dewey number
- 708.209/034
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- N1020
- LC item number
- .W66 2012eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- standards specifications
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Art museums
- Art museums
- Art and state
- Art and state
- Art and society
- Art and society
- Label
- Transformative beauty : art museums in industrial Britain, Amy Woodson-Boulton
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-255) and index
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- Contents
- Introduction : recovering Victorian ideas about art, beauty, and society -- Ruskin, Ruskinians, and city art galleries -- The public house versus the public home : the debate over Sunday opening -- Collecting for art as experience, or Why Millais trumps Rembrandt -- Teaching through art : beauty, truth, and story -- A new narrative : from experience to appreciation
- Control code
- 018403928
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xiii, 270 p.
- Isbn
- 9780804778046
- Lccn
- 2011030708
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- ill.
- Label
- Transformative beauty : art museums in industrial Britain, Amy Woodson-Boulton
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-255) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction : recovering Victorian ideas about art, beauty, and society -- Ruskin, Ruskinians, and city art galleries -- The public house versus the public home : the debate over Sunday opening -- Collecting for art as experience, or Why Millais trumps Rembrandt -- Teaching through art : beauty, truth, and story -- A new narrative : from experience to appreciation
- Control code
- 018403928
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xiii, 270 p.
- Isbn
- 9780804778046
- Lccn
- 2011030708
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- ill.
Subject
- Art museums -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
- Art museums -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
- Art and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
- Art and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
- Art and state -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
- Art and state -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
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