The parish church of empire: sculpture and imperialism at St Paul’s Cathedral, c. 1796–1916
The introduction provides an overview of the special issue and situates it in the context of the AHRC research grant from which it originated and in the broader historiographic context of sculpture at St Paul’s Cathedral in the period from the arrival of the first quartet of monuments in the 1790s t...
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crliverpoolup:10.3828/sj.2024.33.2.01 2024-06-23T07:46:55+00:00 The parish church of empire: sculpture and imperialism at St Paul’s Cathedral, c. 1796–1916 Edwards, Jason 2024 http://dx.doi.org/10.3828/sj.2024.33.2.01 en eng Liverpool University Press Sculpture Journal volume 33, issue 2, page 115-135 ISSN 1366-2724 1756-9923 journal-article 2024 crliverpoolup https://doi.org/10.3828/sj.2024.33.2.01 2024-05-30T08:19:42Z The introduction provides an overview of the special issue and situates it in the context of the AHRC research grant from which it originated and in the broader historiographic context of sculpture at St Paul’s Cathedral in the period from the arrival of the first quartet of monuments in the 1790s to the midst of the First World War. The introduction notes the comparative marginalization of sculpture studies at the cathedral, in comparison to studies of the architectural fabric of the building and its mosaic programmes, and of imperial sculpture within the broader scholarship on nineteenth-century British sculpture. The introduction lays out the variety of materials and genres of sculptural commemoration at St Paul’s, emphasizing the sculptural quality of the artists and artworks involved. It explores the particular place of slavery and abolition within the pantheon, and the way in which the pantheon ranges across the entirety of the British imperial world, from North America to South and Southeast Asia, from Australasia and Antarctica to Africa. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctica Liverpool University Press The Cathedral ENVELOPE(-134.137,-134.137,59.333,59.333) Sculpture Journal 33 2 115 135 |
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The introduction provides an overview of the special issue and situates it in the context of the AHRC research grant from which it originated and in the broader historiographic context of sculpture at St Paul’s Cathedral in the period from the arrival of the first quartet of monuments in the 1790s to the midst of the First World War. The introduction notes the comparative marginalization of sculpture studies at the cathedral, in comparison to studies of the architectural fabric of the building and its mosaic programmes, and of imperial sculpture within the broader scholarship on nineteenth-century British sculpture. The introduction lays out the variety of materials and genres of sculptural commemoration at St Paul’s, emphasizing the sculptural quality of the artists and artworks involved. It explores the particular place of slavery and abolition within the pantheon, and the way in which the pantheon ranges across the entirety of the British imperial world, from North America to South and Southeast Asia, from Australasia and Antarctica to Africa. |
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