Utilitarianism and the Art School in Nineteenth-Century Britain / Edition 1

by Malcolm Quinn

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781848932982
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/01/2012
Series:	The History of the Book Series
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Malcolm Quinn

Table of Contents

Introduction; Chapter 1 ‘Reading Reynolds with Bentham’: the Idea of the Art School in Early Nineteenth-Century Britain; Chapter 2 ‘Prejudice Aside’: Jeremy Bentham’s Moral Economy of Taste; Chapter 3 ‘Directing the Art of the Country’: Henry Cole’s Laws Of Public Taste; Chapter 4 The End of the Experiment; Chapter 5 Taste Between Ethics and Aesthetics; Chapter 6 The Return of Adam Smith; epi Epilogue;