The 60 extraordinary paintings that comprise The Royal Holloway Collection’s touring exhibit illustrate the Victorian belief in art as the ultimate civilizing influence. Art was seen as a teaching tool with visual beauty as its medium, and Thomas Holloway sought out only the best examples, regardless of cost, to enhance the women’s college he founded in 1879. Included in this lavishly illustrated exhibition catalog are scenes of contemporary life, historical events, landscapes, animal studies, and marine subjects.
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About the Author:
Andrew Wilton is Visiting Research Fellow at the Tate Gallery, London Dr. Christiana Payne is Senior Lecturer of Art at Oxford Brooks University His Excellency Sir David Manning is the Ambassador of Great Britain to the United States and Honorary Patron of the Exhibition Dr Diane Sachko Macleod, Department of Art and Art History, University of California Davis Curator, The Royal Holloway Collection, and Guest Curator of the Exhibition Professor Tim Barringer is the Paul Mellon Professor, Department of the History of Art, Yale University
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- PublisherFrances Lincoln
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 0711229279
- ISBN 13 9780711229273
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages256
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