Victoria's Lost Pavilion
From Nineteenth-Century Aesthetics to Digital Humanities
Authors: Fyfe, P., Harrison, A., Hill, D.B., Joffe, S.L., Setzer, S.M.
Free Preview- Contextualizes the history of the now-lost Victorian-era pavilion of the Buckingham Palace Gardens within a discussion of British artistic identity and the relationship between the British Royalty and the public
- Revitalizes the significance of the pavilion by introducing a novel digital restoration of the structure
- Interweaves architecture, art history, and literature to present a unified, comprehensive narrative
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- About this book
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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.
- About the authors
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The authors are part of an interdisciplinary team of researchers developing the project at North Carolina State University, including members from the Department of English, the College of Design, and the NCSU Libraries.
- Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Introduction: Experiments from Nineteenth-Century Aesthetics to Digital Humanities
Pages 1-11
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“The Little Hot-Bed of Fresco Painting”: Queen Victoria’s Garden Pavilion at Buckingham Palace
Pages 13-29
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Architectural Histories and Virtual Reconstructions: Queen Victoria’s Lost Pavilion in Digital Space
Pages 31-55
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The Contested Status of the Garden Pavilion: “Perfect ‘Bijou’” or Royal Blunder?
Pages 57-78
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The Garden Pavilion: A Portal to Victorian Taste
Pages 79-95
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Victoria's Lost Pavilion
- Book Subtitle
- From Nineteenth-Century Aesthetics to Digital Humanities
- Authors
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- Paul Fyfe
- Antony Harrison
- David B. Hill
- Sharon L. Joffe
- Sharon M. Setzer
- Series Title
- The Digital Nineteenth Century
- Copyright
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan US
- Copyright Holder
- The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s)
- eBook ISBN
- 978-1-349-95195-6
- DOI
- 10.1057/978-1-349-95195-6
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-1-349-95194-9
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-1-349-95757-6
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- X, 127
- Number of Illustrations
- 21 b/w illustrations
- Topics
