Author: Owen Jones Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9780484766968 Category : Architecture Languages : en Pages : 62
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Description: Jones's apology for the coloring of the Greek Court in the Crystal Palace which, according to many critics, was not historically accurate. Historical and material evidence is put forward to counter this.
Author: Owen Jones Publisher: DigiCat ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 61
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Despite the title, in this book, written by Owen Jones, an architect and pioneer of modern color theory, defends his decision to use color, aside from white, in Greek architecture featured in The Crystal Palace, a cast iron and plate-glass structure originally built in Hyde Park, London, to house the Great Exhibition of 1851.
Author: Jennifer M. S. Stager Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 1009034669 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 566
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The remains of ancient Mediterranean art and architecture that have survived over the centuries present the modern viewer with images of white, the color of the stone often used for sculpture. Antiquarian debates and recent scholarship, however, have challenged this aspect of ancient sculpture. There is now a consensus that sculpture produced in the ancient Mediterranean world, as well as art objects in other media, were, in fact, polychromatic. Color has consequently become one of the most important issues in the study of classical art. Jennifer Stager's landmark book makes a vital contribution to this discussion. Analyzing the dyes, pigments, stones, earth, and metals found in ancient art works, along with the language that writers in antiquity used to describe color, she examines the traces of color in a variety of media. Stager also discusses the significance of a reception history that has emphasized whiteness, revealing how ancient artistic practice and ancient philosophies of color significantly influenced one another.
Author: Publisher: ISBN: Category : Archaeology Languages : en Pages : 726
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1850-1931 (v. 1-40) include reports and papers of the Yorkshire Architectural and York Archaeological Society, and some years, of the Worcestershire Archaeological Society, of the Leicestershire Archaeological Society and of other similar societies.
Author: G. G. Zerffi Publisher: Good Press ISBN: Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 139
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This is a historical book that explores the development of art from various cultures and regions. It is divided into several chapters covering topics such as the difference between the sublime and the beautiful, the artistic capacities of different ethnic groups, prehistoric and savage art, Chinese art, Indian, Persian, Assyrian, and Babylonian art, Egyptian art, Hebrew art, Roman, Greek art, and early Christian art. The book examines the various factors that have influenced the development of art throughout history, including religion, social and political conditions, and cultural traditions.
Author: Jan Piggott Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press ISBN: 9780299200947 Category : Architecture Languages : en Pages : 248
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Built for the Great Exhibition of 1851, the Crystal Palace originally graced London's Hyde Park with Joseph Paxton's remarkable geometric design and groundbreaking use of glass elements, prefiguring the modern movement in architecture. After the exhibition a group of bankers, railway directors, and men of influence moved the structure to a new site in south London, rebuilt it to an even grander scale, and set about its promotion as a "palace for the multitude." Here were exhibitions, concerts, and spectaculars to fill a splendid day out for Londoners of all classes and interests. Filled with plaster casts of great art treasures, life-sized models of dinosaurs, waterworks, and gardens, the Crystal Palace became a center of both education and entertainment from the Victorian era through its destruction by fire in1936. Copublished with C. Hurst & Co., London Wisconsin edition for sale only in North and South America, U.S. territories and dependencies, and the Philippines.
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