Victoria's Lost Pavilion : From Nineteenth-Century Aesthetics to Digital Humanities

Victoria's Lost Pavilion : From Nineteenth-Century Aesthetics to Digital Humanities - The Digital Nineteenth Century

Softcover reprint of the original 1st Edition 2017

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Publisher's Synopsis

This book explores the significance of the now-lost pavilion built in the Buckingham Palace Gardens in the time of Queen Victoria for understanding experiments in British art and architecture at the outset of the Victorian era. It introduces the curious history of the garden pavilion, its experimental contents, the controversies of its critical reception, and how it has been digitally remediated. The chapters discuss how the pavilion, decorated with frescos and encaustics by some of the most prominent painters of the mid-nineteenth century, became the center of a national conversation about an identity for British art, the capacity of its artists, and the quality of Royal and public taste.

Beyond an examination of the pavilion's history, this book also introduces a digital model which restores the pavilion to virtual life, underscoring the importance of the pavilion for Victorian aesthetics and culture. 

Book information

ISBN: 9781349957576
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Pub date:
Edition: Softcover reprint of the original 1st Edition 2017
Language: English
Number of pages: 127
Weight: 1906g
Height: 210mm
Width: 148mm
Spine width: 8mm