The Chantrey Wall
Testo Inglese.
Oxford, 2012; cartonato, pp. 96, 50 ill. col., cm 15x21.
ISBN: 1-85444-258-9
- EAN13: 9781854442581
Soggetto: Scultura
Periodo: 1800-1960 (XIX-XX) Moderno
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Peso: 0.79 kg
This hand book uses the busts on the Chantrey Wall in the Ashmolean Museum to give an introduction to the remarkable career of Francis Chantrey (1781-1841), and the collection in the Ashmolean. The book will chart the progress of the busts from Chantrey's workshop to a Victorian national treasure: the first monographic collection of British sculpture to become a part of a permanent museum collection. It follows the return of the busts from basement storage to their conservation and triumphant redisplay in the new building. The handbook begins and ends with the Chantrey Wall, one of the most photographed displays of recent years