The reception of classical art in Britain : an Oxford story of plaster casts from the antique / Donna Kurtz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kurtz, Donna, 1943-

Series:

Studies in the history of collections ; 1.

BAR British series ; 308.

Studies in the history of collections ; 1

BAR British series ; 308

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

University of Oxford--Catalogs.

University of Oxford.

Ashmolean Museum--Catalogs.

Ashmolean Museum.

Sculpture, Greek--England--Oxford--Catalogs.

Sculpture, Greek.

Sculpture, Roman--England--Oxford--Catalogs.

Sculpture, Roman.

Plaster casts.

Art, Classical--Great Britain--Catalogs.

Art, Classical.

Sculpture, Classical--Appreciation.

Sculpture, Classical.

Oxford (England).

casts (sculpture).

England--Oxford.

Great Britain.

Classical antiquities--Collectors and collecting.

Art, Classical--Collectors and collecting.

Art, Classical--Appreciation--Great Britain.

Sculpture, Classical--Appreciation--Great Britain.

Local Subjects:

Oxford (England).

Genre:

catalogs (documents)

Catalogs

Catalogs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 472 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Archaeopress, 2000.

System Details:

Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212

Contents:

Copies of ancient sculpture

Early collections of classical sculpture in Italy

The earliest collections of classical art in Britain

Preparation for the Grand Tour

Sir Roger Newdigate (1719-1806) and his era

Classical archaeology: 1740-1774

The second Grand Tour: 1774-1775

Continental cast collections before 1800

British cast collections before 1800

The early nineteenth century: an introduction

The Duncan brothers, John Shute and Philip Bury

The University Galleries, 1839-1845

Sir Francis Chantrey

Museums in mid-nineteenth century Oxford

The classical museum

The Great Exhibition and the cast courts of the Crystal Palace

Museums in Oxford 1860-1884

Cambridge, 1870-1884

Benjamin Jowett's vice-chancellorship 1882-1886

Archaeological research in Europe before 1884

Archaeological research in Oxford before 1884

Part 2 introduction

Establishment of the professorship

Percy Gardner (1887-1925)

John Davidson Beazley (1925-1956)

Bernard Ashmole (1956-1961)

Martin Robertson (1961-1979)

John Boardman (1979-1994).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 431-447) and indexes.

Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified]: HathiTrust Digital Library. 2024.

Print version record

Other Format:

Print version: Kurtz, Donna C. Reception of classical art in Britain.

Print version :

ISBN:

9781407319438

1407319434

OCLC:

1476557688

Publisher Number:

B308 BAR Publishing

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