Woodson-Boulton, Amy.

Transformative beauty art museums in industrial Britain / [electronic resource] : Amy Woodson-Boulton. - Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2012. - xiii, 270 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : recovering Victorian ideas about art, beauty, and society -- Ruskin, Ruskinians, and city art galleries -- The public house or 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.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9780804780537 (electronic bk.)




Art museums--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Art museums--History--Great Britain--20th century.
Art and state--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Art and state--History--Great Britain--20th century.
Art and society--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Art and society--History--Great Britain--20th century.


Electronic books.

N1020 / .W66 2012

708.209/034