Catalogue of the Art Treasures of the United Kingdom Collected at Manchester in 1857 (provisional).
Title | Catalogue of the Art Treasures of the United Kingdom Collected at Manchester in 1857 (provisional). PDF eBook |
Author | Manchester Art Treasures of the United Kingdom Exhibition |
Publisher | |
Pages | 296 |
Release | 1857 |
Genre | Art |
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The Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition of 1857
Title | The Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition of 1857 PDF eBook |
Author | ElizabethA. Pergam |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 397 |
Release | 2017-07-05 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 135154280X |
An overdue study of a groundbreaking event, this is the first book-length examination of the Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition of 1857. Intended to rehabilitate Manchester's image at a heady time of economic prosperity, the Exhibition became a touchstone for aesthetic, social, and economic issues of the mid-nineteenth century. Reverberations of this moment can be followed to the present day in the discipline of art history and its practice in public museums of Europe and America. Highlighting the tension between art and commerce, philanthropy and profit, the book examines the Exhibition's organization and the presentation of the works of art in the purpose-built Art Treasures Palace. Pergam places the Exhibition in the context of contemporary debates about museum architecture and display. With an analysis of the reception of both "Ancient" and "Modern" paintings, the book questions the function of exhibitions in the construction of an art historical canon. The book also provides an essential reference tool: a compiled list of all of the paintings exhibited in 1857 that are now in public collections throughout the world, with an analysis of the collecting trends manifest in their provenance.
Catalogue of the Books in the Manchester Public Free Library, Reference Department. Prepared by A. Crestadoro. (Vol. II. Comprising the Additions from 1864 to 1879.) [With the "Index of Names and Subjects".]
Title | Catalogue of the Books in the Manchester Public Free Library, Reference Department. Prepared by A. Crestadoro. (Vol. II. Comprising the Additions from 1864 to 1879.) [With the "Index of Names and Subjects".] PDF eBook |
Author | Public Free Libraries (Manchester) |
Publisher | |
Pages | 996 |
Release | 1864 |
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Catalogue of the Books in the Manchester Free Library
Title | Catalogue of the Books in the Manchester Free Library PDF eBook |
Author | Manchester Public Libraries (Manchester, England) |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1668 |
Release | 1864 |
Genre | Books |
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"The Catalogue ... has been prepared with a view to accomplish two objects. One, to offer an inventory of all the books on the shelves of the Reference Department of the Manchester Free Library: the other, to supply ... a ready Key both to the subjects of the books, and to the names of the authors." - v. 1, the compiler to the reader.
First Proofs of the Universal Catalogue of Books on Art
Title | First Proofs of the Universal Catalogue of Books on Art PDF eBook |
Author | National Art Library (Great Britain) |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1142 |
Release | 1870 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN |
The Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition of 1857
Title | The Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition of 1857 PDF eBook |
Author | Elizabeth A. Pergam |
Publisher | Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. |
Pages | 404 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 9781409418306 |
An overdue study of a groundbreaking event, this is the first book-length examination of the Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition of 1857. The book examines aesthetic, social, and economic issues of the day, and follows the Exhibition's reverberations in the development of art history and museum practices to the present day. A complete list of the exhibited works that are now in public collections throughout the world is also included.
British Museum Catalogue of printed Books
Title | British Museum Catalogue of printed Books PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 634 |
Release | 1891 |
Genre | |
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