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Marble Mania - Sculpture Galleries in England 1640-1840 (Paperback)
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Marble Mania - Sculpture Galleries in England 1640-1840 (Paperback)
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This fascinating catalogue documents the English obsession with
marble sculpture, during the seventeenth and eighteenth century.
The display of classical sculpture was an essential requisite of
every grand house in Britain during that period, and shaped the
nature of the English country house - Holkham Hall, Kedleston Hall,
Syon House, and many other equally famous examples. The master
example was the Arundel collection, which itself drew on Italian
precedents. There sculpture had been mounted in gardens, and the
exedra as a means of display was taken over into English practice.
The entrance hall with sculpture was then developed in unique form
alongside the long gallery. Also to be considered are crypts and
grottos, and study collections in the houses of men like Charles
Townley, and indeed John Soane. This fascinating survey by Ruth
Guilding gives valuable insight into an essential aspect of English
18th-century taste and culture. "...never forget that the most
valuable acquisition a man of refined taste can make is a piece of
fine Greek sculpture", as Hamilton wrote to Townley in 1771."
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