Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-255) and index.
Contents:
Introduction : recovering Victorian ideas about art, beauty, and society -- Ruskin, Ruskinians, and city art galleries -- The public house versus the public home : the debate over Sunday opening -- Collecting for art as experience, or Why Millais trumps Rembrandt -- Teaching through art : beauty, truth, and story -- A new narrative : from experience to appreciation.
Subject Terms:
Art museums -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century. | Art museums -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century. | Art and state -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century. | Art and state -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century. | Art and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century. | Art and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.