Overview
- 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
Part of the book series: The Digital Nineteenth Century (DINICE)
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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About this book
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.
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
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.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Victoria's Lost Pavilion
Book Subtitle: From Nineteenth-Century Aesthetics to Digital Humanities
Authors: Paul Fyfe, Antony Harrison, David B. Hill, Sharon L. Joffe, Sharon M. Setzer
Series Title: The Digital Nineteenth Century
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-95195-6
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-349-95194-9Published: 17 April 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-95757-6Published: 25 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-95195-6Published: 15 April 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 127
Number of Illustrations: 21 b/w illustrations
Topics: Nineteenth-Century Literature, British and Irish Literature, Digital Humanities, Architectural History and Theory