The Resource Democratising beauty in nineteenth-century Britain : art and the politics of public life, Lucy Hartley
Democratising beauty in nineteenth-century Britain : art and the politics of public life, Lucy Hartley
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- Summary
- "Could the self-interested pursuit of beauty actually help to establish the moral and political norms that enable democratic society to flourish? In this book, Lucy Hartley identifies a new language for speaking about beauty, which begins to be articulated from the 1830s in a climate of political reform and becomes linked to emerging ideals of equality, liberty, and individuality. Examining British art and art writing by Charles Lock Eastlake, John Ruskin, Walter Pater, Edward Poynter, William Morris, and John Addington Symonds, Hartley traces a debate about what it means to be interested in beauty and whether this preoccupation is necessary to public political life. Drawing together political history, art history, and theories of society, and supplemented by numerous illustrations, Democratising Beauty in Nineteenth-Century Britain offers a fresh interdisciplinary understanding of the relation of art to its publics"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xii, 296 pages
- Contents
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- 'Of universal or national interest': Charles Eastlake, the Fine Arts Commission, and the Reform of Taste
- Reconstituting publics for art: John Ruskin and the Appeal to Enlightened Interest
- The pleasures and perils of self-interest: calculating the passions in Walter Pater's essays
- Figuring the individual in the collective: the 'art-politics' of Edward Poynter and William Morris
- The humanist interest old and new: John Addington Symonds and the nature of liberty
- Isbn
- 9781107184084
- Label
- Democratising beauty in nineteenth-century Britain : art and the politics of public life
- Title
- Democratising beauty in nineteenth-century Britain
- Title remainder
- art and the politics of public life
- Statement of responsibility
- Lucy Hartley
- Subject
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- Art and society
- Art and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
- Civil society
- Civil society -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
- Demokratisierung
- Great Britain
- Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 19th century
- Großbritannien
- Historiography
- Historiography -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
- History
- Intellectual life
- Kunst
- Kunstgeschichtsschreibung
- LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Literatur
- Ästhetik
- Öffentlichkeit
- Art -- Historiography
- Art -- Historiography
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Could the self-interested pursuit of beauty actually help to establish the moral and political norms that enable democratic society to flourish? In this book, Lucy Hartley identifies a new language for speaking about beauty, which begins to be articulated from the 1830s in a climate of political reform and becomes linked to emerging ideals of equality, liberty, and individuality. Examining British art and art writing by Charles Lock Eastlake, John Ruskin, Walter Pater, Edward Poynter, William Morris, and John Addington Symonds, Hartley traces a debate about what it means to be interested in beauty and whether this preoccupation is necessary to public political life. Drawing together political history, art history, and theories of society, and supplemented by numerous illustrations, Democratising Beauty in Nineteenth-Century Britain offers a fresh interdisciplinary understanding of the relation of art to its publics"--
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- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Hartley, Lucy
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- N7485.G7
- LC item number
- H37 2017
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Cambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture
- Series volume
- 106
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Art
- Historiography
- Art and society
- Civil society
- LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Great Britain
- Art and society
- Art
- Civil society
- Historiography
- Intellectual life
- Great Britain
- Ästhetik
- Demokratisierung
- Kunst
- Literatur
- Öffentlichkeit
- Kunstgeschichtsschreibung
- Großbritannien
- Label
- Democratising beauty in nineteenth-century Britain : art and the politics of public life, Lucy Hartley
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-286) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 'Of universal or national interest': Charles Eastlake, the Fine Arts Commission, and the Reform of Taste -- Reconstituting publics for art: John Ruskin and the Appeal to Enlightened Interest -- The pleasures and perils of self-interest: calculating the passions in Walter Pater's essays -- Figuring the individual in the collective: the 'art-politics' of Edward Poynter and William Morris -- The humanist interest old and new: John Addington Symonds and the nature of liberty
- Control code
- 974672390
- Dimensions
- 26 cm
- Extent
- xii, 296 pages
- Isbn
- 9781107184084
- Lccn
- 2017026023
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)974672390
- Label
- Democratising beauty in nineteenth-century Britain : art and the politics of public life, Lucy Hartley
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-286) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 'Of universal or national interest': Charles Eastlake, the Fine Arts Commission, and the Reform of Taste -- Reconstituting publics for art: John Ruskin and the Appeal to Enlightened Interest -- The pleasures and perils of self-interest: calculating the passions in Walter Pater's essays -- Figuring the individual in the collective: the 'art-politics' of Edward Poynter and William Morris -- The humanist interest old and new: John Addington Symonds and the nature of liberty
- Control code
- 974672390
- Dimensions
- 26 cm
- Extent
- xii, 296 pages
- Isbn
- 9781107184084
- Lccn
- 2017026023
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)974672390
Subject
- Art and society
- Art and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
- Civil society
- Civil society -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
- Demokratisierung
- Great Britain
- Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 19th century
- Großbritannien
- Historiography
- Historiography -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
- History
- Intellectual life
- Kunst
- Kunstgeschichtsschreibung
- LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Literatur
- Ästhetik
- Öffentlichkeit
- Art -- Historiography
- Art -- Historiography
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