Main entry:

Jenkins, Ian (Ian Dennis)

Title & Author:

Archaeologists & aesthetes : in the sculpture galleries of the British Museum 1800-1939 / Ian Jenkins.

Publication:

London : Published for the Trustees of the British Museum by the British Museum Press, ©1992.

Description:

264 pages, [8] pages of color plates : illustrations ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 254-260) and index.
The triumph of excellence -- The museum as a drawing school -- Light, colour and dirt -- The chain of art -- Arcadia in Bloomsbury: the Elgin and Phigaleian marbles -- The Townley Gallery : Greece and Rome -- Lycian Tombs an Assyrian palaces -- Charles Newton and the sculptures from Asia Minor -- The contest for Attica -- The chain is broken.

ISBN:

0714112992
9780714112992

Subject:

Plastik
British Museum.
British Museum History.
London Britisches Museum.
Sculpture, Ancient England London.
Archaeology History 19th century.
Aesthetics, British 19th century.
Sculpture antique Angleterre Londres.
Archéologie Histoire 19e siècle.
Esthétique britannique 19e siècle.
Aesthetics, British.
Archaeology.
Sculpture, Ancient.
Geschichte
Sammlung
Archeologie.
Esthetica.
Museumkunde.
England London.
Sculptures Collections
London (England)

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Archaeologists and aesthetes.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 200924
Call No.: N1040.J46 1992
Status: Available