Title & Author:

London--world city, 1800-1840 / edited by Celina Fox.

Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press in association with the Museum of London, 1992.

Description:

624 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm

Notes:
"The exhibition is mounted by and the catalogue published with the assistance of Kulturstiftung Ruhr, Essen. Exhibition dates: 6 June-8 November 1992, Villa Hügel, Essen"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 616-623).
Introduction : a visitor's guide to London world city, 1800-40 / Celina Fox -- London and the world / Martin Daunton -- Pantomime and pageantry : the coronation of George IV / Valerie Cumming -- The building art of the first industrial metropolis / Andrew Saint -- Metropolitan improvements : John Nash and the picturesque / J. Mordaunt Crook -- Rudolph Ackermann / Simon Jervis -- Patronage and the applied arts in early nineteenth-century London / Clive Wainwright -- Scientific London / Iwan Morus, Simon Schaffer and Jim Secord -- 'Athens rising near the pole' : London, Athens and the idea of freedom / Ian Jenkins -- The London art world / Peter Funnell -- Painting in London in the early nineteenth century / Andrew Wilton -- Hidden metropolis / Marilyn Butler -- Departing glories of the British theatre / Iain Mackintosh -- Radical culture / H.T. Dickinson -- Exhibition catalogue. London world city -- Urban infrastructure -- Ackermann's Repository of arts -- Science and technology -- Watercolours -- Household furniture and interior decoration -- The shows of London -- Painting and sculpture -- Literary London -- Silver and jewellery, porcelain, watches and scientific instruments -- Silver -- Porcelain -- Watch and clock making -- Scientific instruments -- Theatre and music -- The culture of reform -- Clubland -- The new age.
Also published in German ed. under title: Metropole London.

Summary:

The period between the American and French Wars and the emergence of Britain as a mid-Victorian imperial power is one of the most fascinating in British history. It was a time when the foundations were laid for much later wealth and power, a dynamic era of growth and reform that decisively shaped the destiny of the country, and of London, the capital. This sumptuously illustrated book is the first comprehensive study of London during this period of cultural, artistic, philosophical, scientific, and technological growth. Leading authorities in history, art, and literature explain the multifaceted aspects of this development. Their essays are supported by both reproductions and detailed descriptions of material evidence that range from artistic masterpieces through scientific and technological wonders of the age to more general historical and philosophical material. It is published to coincide with a major exhibition to be held at the Villa Hugel, Essen, Germany, for which it will also serve as the catalogue.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

0300052847
9780300052848

Subject:

Cultuurgeschiedenis.
London (England) History 1800-1950 Exhibitions.
London
Londres (Angleterre) Histoire 1800-1950 Expositions.
England London
London (England) History, 1837-1901.

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogues
Exhibition catalogs.
exhibition catalogs.
History
Ausstellungskatalog 1992 Essen
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Fox, Celina.
Kulturstiftung Ruhr.
Villa Hügel e.V.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 74691
Call No.: ID:92-B2248
Status: Available