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OverviewEchoing Joseph Paxton's question at the close of the Great Exhibition, 'What is to become of the Crystal Palace?', this interdisciplinary essay collection argues that there is considerable potential in studying this unique architectural and art-historical document after 1851, when it was rebuilt in the South London suburb of Sydenham. It brings together research on objects, materials and subjects as diverse as those represented under the glass roof of the Sydenham Palace itself; from the Venus de Milo to Sheffield steel, souvenir 'peep eggs' to war memorials, portrait busts to imperial pageants, tropical plants to cartoons made by artists on the spot, copies of paintings from ancient caves in India to 1950s film. Essays do not simply catalogue and collect this eclectic congregation, but provide new ways for assessing the significance of the Sydenham Crystal Palace for both nineteenth- and twentieth-century studies. The volume will be of particular interest to researchers and students of British cultural history, museum studies, and art history. -- . Full Product DetailsAuthor: Kate Nichols , Sarah Victoria TurnerPublisher: Manchester University Press Imprint: Manchester University Press Dimensions: Width: 17.00cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 24.00cm Weight: 0.572kg ISBN: 9780719096495ISBN 10: 0719096499 Pages: 232 Publication Date: 23 January 2017 Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationKate Nichols is Birmingham Fellow in the Department of Art History, Curating and Visual Studies at the University of Birmingham Sarah Victoria Turner is Deputy Director for Research at the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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