Dignity and decadence : Victorian art and the classical inheritance / Richard Jenkyns
1991, First Edition. London : HarperCollins. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #384971
ISBN: 0002238438
Physical description: xviii, 363 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Contents: The Victorian setting -- The Architectural inheritance -- The idea of sculpture -- The awkard art -- Pygmalion -- Ruskin's dilemma -- Ruskin Agonistes -- A walk in the west country -- Hellene high water -- The aesthetic mood -- The tone of the time. Subjects: 1800-1899
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