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Author

Woodson-Boulton, Amy.

Title Transformative beauty [electronic resource] : art museums in industrial Britain / Amy Woodson-Boulton.

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Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2012.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe ProQuest E-Book	Electronic Book	---	Available

Description	xiii, 270 p. : ill.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Introduction : recovering Victorian ideas about art, beauty, and society -- Ruskin, Ruskinians, and city art galleries -- The public house or the public home : the debate over Sunday opening -- Collecting for art as experience, or why Millais trumps Rembrandt -- Teaching through art : beauty, truth, and story -- A new narrative : from experience to appreciation.
Reproduction	Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject	Art museums -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
	Art museums -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
	Art and state -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
	Art and state -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
	Art and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
	Art and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Author	ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN	9780804778046 (cloth : alk. paper)
	9780804780537 (electronic bk.)