The Great Exhibition of 1851

The Great Exhibition of 1851
Author: Louise Purbrick
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Total Pages: 236
Release: 2001
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9780719055928

These essays expose how meaning has been produced around the Great Exhibition. It contains readings of the historical record of the exhibition, exploring the use of industrial knowledge & the contested definitions of nation & colony.

The Great Exhibition of 1851

The Great Exhibition of 1851
Author: Jeffrey A. Auerbach
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 300
Release: 1999-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780300080070

"The book challenges the common view that the Exhibition symbolized peace, progress, prosperity, and the emergence of an industrial middle class. Auerbach suggests instead that the Great Exhibition became a cultural battlefield on which proponents of different visions of industrialization, modernization, and internationalism fought for ascendancy in the struggle for a new national identity."--BOOK JACKET.

A People Passing Rude

A People Passing Rude
Author: Anthony Cross
Publisher: Open Book Publishers
Total Pages: 350
Release: 2012-11-01
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 190925410X

"The essays in this stimulating collection attest to the scope and variety of Russia's influence on British culture. They move from the early nineteenth century -- when Byron sent his hero Don Juan to meet Catherine the Great, and an English critic sought to come to terms with the challenge of Pushkin -- to a series of Russian-themed exhibitions at venues including the Crystal Palace and Earls Court. The collection looks at British encounters with Russian music, the absorption with Dostoevskii and Chekhov, and finishes by shedding light on Britain's engagement with Soviet film."--Back cover.

Dickinsons' Comprehensive Pictures Of The Great Exhibition Of 1851

Dickinsons' Comprehensive Pictures Of The Great Exhibition Of 1851
Author: Nash Joseph 1809-1878
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2022-10-26
Genre:
ISBN: 9781015548343

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Great Exhibitions

Great Exhibitions
Author: Jonathan Meyer
Publisher: Antique Collectors Club Dist
Total Pages: 344
Release: 2006
Genre: Art
ISBN:

The need for peoples to come together to celebrate their industry, demonstrate their skills and to trade the results of this industry has existed sin ce man first organized himself into socially cohes ive units.This eventually found universal expressi ion in the extended series of international exhibi tions which began in London in 1851 and has contin

The World for a Shilling

The World for a Shilling
Author: Michael Leapman
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Total Pages: 214
Release: 2011-08-18
Genre: History
ISBN: 0571281664

Conceived as a showcase for Britain's burgeoning manufacturing industries and the exotic products of its Empire, the Great Exhibition at the Crystal Palace was Britain's first truly national spectacle. Michael Leapman explores how the exhibition came into being; the key characters who made it happen (from Prince Albert, who was credited with the idea, to Thomas Cook, whose cheap railway trips ensured its accessibility to all); and the fascinating tales behind the exhibits that fired the imagination of the era. 'The best kind of popular history: exact, imaginative and full of fun.' Sunday Telegraph `Splendid... Michael Leapman brings a child's delight to the wonders of the Exhibition and his enthusiastic prose makes his readers feel they are almost walking down its aisles.' Mail on Sunday `Entertaining and engaging' Independent

Photography and the 1851 Great Exhibition

Photography and the 1851 Great Exhibition
Author: Anthony Hamber
Publisher:
Total Pages: 656
Release: 2018-09
Genre: Great Exhibition
ISBN: 9781851779833

The first comprehensive study of the diverse role and impact of photography at the 1851 Great Exhibition in London, drawing together two decades of research to create a broader understanding of the step-change in image making and distribution represented by The Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations - the genesis of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.0While the Great Exhibition has received a variety of examinations, its role in exhibiting and furthering the cause and exploitation of photography and its impact on illustration has been largely underappreciated. More broadly, 1851 saw a massive change in information management: in the creation and dissemination of visually based graphic information characterized by images of the building, its contents and their display that collectively constituted the Great Exhibition. Photography played a critical role in this quantum leap.00Exhibition: V&A Photography Centre, London, UK (October 2018).

Official Catalogue of the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, 1851

Official Catalogue of the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, 1851
Author: Great Britain Commissioners for the Exh
Publisher: Franklin Classics
Total Pages: 330
Release: 2018-10-11
Genre:
ISBN: 9780342386451

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

The Commodity Culture of Victorian England

The Commodity Culture of Victorian England
Author: Thomas Richards
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Total Pages: 338
Release: 1990
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780804719018

This provocative and theoretically sophisticated book reveals how capitalism produced and sustained a culture of its own in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. "Richards provides a valuable account of the interaction between cultural and business development in Victorian England by focusing on the evolution of advertising. Through an examination of five case studies, ranging from how advertisers employed images of the Crystal Palace Exhibition of 1851 to their use of images of women just before WWI, he argues that the British developed a new type of culture in the mid and late-19th century--a new way of thinking and living increasingly based upon the possession of material goods, commodities. Revising the findings of some earlier scholars, Richards shows that 'cultural forms of consumerism . . . came into being well before the consumer economy did.' The 50 well-reproduced advertising images greatly enhance the value of this study." --M. Blackford, "Choice"

Exhibiting the Empire

Exhibiting the Empire
Author: John McAleer
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2017-03-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1526118343

Exhibiting the empire considers how a whole range of cultural products – from paintings, prints, photographs, panoramas and ‘popular’ texts to ephemera, newspapers and the press, theatre and music, exhibitions, institutions and architecture – were used to record, celebrate and question the development of the British Empire. It represents a significant and original contribution to our understanding of the relationship between culture and empire. Written by leading scholars from a range of disciplinary backgrounds, individual chapters bring fresh perspectives to the interpretation of media, material culture and display, and their interaction with history. Taken together, this collection suggests that the history of empire needs to be, in part at least, a history of display and of reception. This book will be essential reading for scholars and students interested in British history, the history of empire, art history and the history of museums and collecting.