Victorian taste : a study of the arts and architecture from 1830 to 1870 / John Steegman. With a foreword by Sir Nikolaus Pevsner.

Main entry:

Steegman, John, 1899-1966.

Title & Author:

Victorian taste : a study of the arts and architecture from 1830 to 1870 / John Steegman. With a foreword by Sir Nikolaus Pevsner.

Publication:

Description:

viii, 338 pages illustrations 23 cm

Notes:
Reprint of the 1950 ed. published under title: Consort of taste, 1830-1870.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The opening scene -- Painting in Germany and England, 1830-50 -- Collectors and connoisseurs -- Architectural critics and the olden-time -- Architecture, 1830-50 -- Art and the state -- The Pre-Raphaelite brotherhood -- Mid-century: the Eastlakes and others -- The great exhibition -- The 1850's: the new connoisseurship -- Painting and photography, 1850-70 -- Later views on architecture -- Ornament and flowers -- Epilogue: Prince Albert, the Queen and the Eastlakes.

ISBN:

026219094X
9780262190947
0262690284 (pbk.)
9780262690287 (pbk.)

Subject:

Art, Victorian Great Britain.
Art victorien Grande-Bretagne.
Art, Victorian.
Great Britain.

Added entries:

Pevsner, Nikolaus, 1902-1983, writer of foreword.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 46799
Call No.: 2454; ID:89-B609
Status: Available

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