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The People´s Galleries: Art Museums and Exhibitions in Britain, 1800–1914
Giles Waterfield
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Description for The People´s Galleries: Art Museums and Exhibitions in Britain, 1800–1914
Hardback. Num Pages: 372 pages, 70 color + 215 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJC; GM; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 290 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1858.
This innovative history of British art museums begins in the early 19th century. The National Gallery and the South Kensington Museum (now the Victoria and Albert Museum) in London may have been at the center of activity, but museums in cities such as Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, and Nottingham were immensely popular and attracted enthusiastic audiences. The People’s Galleries traces the rise of art museums in Britain through World War I, focusing on the phenomenon of municipal galleries. This richly illustrated book argues that these regional museums represented a new type of institution: an art gallery for a working-class audience, ... Read more
This innovative history of British art museums begins in the early 19th century. The National Gallery and the South Kensington Museum (now the Victoria and Albert Museum) in London may have been at the center of activity, but museums in cities such as Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, and Nottingham were immensely popular and attracted enthusiastic audiences. The People’s Galleries traces the rise of art museums in Britain through World War I, focusing on the phenomenon of municipal galleries. This richly illustrated book argues that these regional museums represented a new type of institution: an art gallery for a working-class audience, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Series
The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
Condition
New
Weight
1877g
Number of Pages
372
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300209846
SKU
V9780300209846
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99-50
About Giles Waterfield
Giles Waterfield is director of Royal Collection Studies, associate lecturer at the Courtauld Institute of Art, and an independent curator.
Reviews for The People´s Galleries: Art Museums and Exhibitions in Britain, 1800–1914
“…comprehensive and exceptionally well-researched analysis... What Giles Waterfield’s book does, quietly and non-polemically, is to rescue the zeal and enthusiasm of those who opened great civic art museums from the condescension of art history.”— Charles Saumarez Smith, Literary Review
Charles Saumarez Smith
Literary Review
“…a sophisticated work of scholarship that tells a detailed and fascinating story. As ... Read more
Charles Saumarez Smith
Literary Review
“…a sophisticated work of scholarship that tells a detailed and fascinating story. As ... Read more