Transformative beauty : art museums in industrial Britain /
By exploring the histories of the municipal art museums in Birmingham, Liverpool, and Manchester, this book 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...
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
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Stanford, Calif. :
Stanford University Press,
©2012.
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Online Access: | CONNECT |