Sculpture victorious : art in an age of invention, 1837-1901 /
"Sculpture Victorious highlights the diversity, originality, and ubiquity of sculptural production during the reign of Queen Victoria. This lavishly illustrated book examines how colorful marbles, bronzes, finely wrought silver, and exquisitely detailed electrotypes, as well as gems, cameos, an...
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Yale University Press : Yale Center for British Art,
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Publisher Address: | New Haven : |
Publication Dates: | [2014] |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Summary: |
"Sculpture Victorious highlights the diversity, originality, and ubiquity of sculptural production during the reign of Queen Victoria. This lavishly illustrated book examines how colorful marbles, bronzes, finely wrought silver, and exquisitely detailed electrotypes, as well as gems, cameos, and porcelain, related to and contributed to the contemporary world. In an age of unprecedented territorial expansion, sculpture reflected the power of the British empire; at the same time, increased access to materials and resources facilitated artistic production and innovation. The partnership between art and industry was equally generative and creative, enabling daring explorations of sculpture's possibilities, both political and aesthetic. Bringing to bear a range of materials including statuary, reliefs, models, drawings, and objets d'art, as well as prints, photographs, and paintings, this stunning tome assembles, for the first time, the vibrancy, inventiveness, and modernity of Victorian sculpture."-- |
Item Description: | Catalog of the exhibition at the Yale Center for British Art from Sept. 11-Nov. 30, 2014, and at Tate Gallery, London, from Feb. 25-May 25, 2015. |
Carrier Form: | 448 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: |
9780300208030 0300208030 |
Index Number: | NB467 |
CLC: | J309.561 |
Call Number: | J309.561/S437 |
Contents: |
Directors' foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Sculpture victorious / Victorian sculpture -- Sculpture and ceremonial -- Sculpture and national history -- Antiquity and the ideal -- Craft and manufacture -- Sculpture and display -- Sculpture and commemoration -- Craft and art. |