Utilitarianism and the Art School in Nineteenth-Century Britain

Utilitarianism and the Art School in Nineteenth-Century Britain
ISBN-10
1317321227
ISBN-13
9781317321224
Category
History
Pages
256
Language
English
Published
2015-10-06
Publisher
Routledge
Author
Malcolm Quinn

Description

The mid-nineteenth century saw the introduction of publicly funded art education as an alternative to the established private institutions. Quinn explores the ways in which members of parliament applied Bentham’s utilitarian philosophy to questions of public taste.

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