Description
Book SynopsisExamining hundreds of the wonderfully varied exhibitions that culminated in the Crystal Palace of 1851, this generously illustrated book sheds light on a vast and colorful expanse of English social history that has thus far remained wholly unsurveyed.
Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. From Cabinets to Museums, I: 1600-1750 2. From Cabinets to Museums, II: 1750-1800 3. Monster-Mongers and Other Retailers of Strange Sights 4. Waxwork and Clockwork 5. Exhibitions of Mechanical Ingenuity 6. Water, Fire, Air, and a Celestial Bed 7. The Sights and Resorts of Eighteenth-Century London 8. Art on Display 9. The Eidophusikon 10. The Panorama in Leicester Square 11. A Panorama in a Pleasure Dome 12. The Diorama 13. Panoramas: Topics of the Times 14. The Theatrical Art of the Panorama 15. Panoramas in Motion 16. Scenes Optical, Mechanical, and Spectral 17. Entr'acte: Exhibitions and London Life 18. William Bullock and the Egyptian Hall 19. Freaks in the Age of Improvement 20. The Noble Savage Reconsidered 21. The Ancient and the Exotic 22. Life and Death in the Animal Kingdom 23. Zoos and Pleasure Gardens 24. The Waxen and the Fleshly 25. More Mechanical Ingenuity 26. The Two Faces of Science 27. Technology for the Million 28. Artifacts and Models 29. Fine Art for the People 30. Entr'acte: Inside the Exhibition Business 31. National Monuments 32. The Crystal Palace Year: 1851 33. The Fifties, I: New Patterns of Life and the Decline of the Panorama 34. The Fifties, II: The Old Order Changeth Epilogue Short Forms of Citation Notes Index
