Afterword: Victorian Sculpture for the Twenty-First Century

David Getsy

doi:10.16995/ntn.777

Abstract

Commenting on the directions proposed by this issue of 19, the afterword discusses the broad trends in twenty-first century studies of Victorian sculpture and the opportunity for debate arising from the first attempt at a comprehensive exhibition.

Highlights

This issue of 19 is significant for being among the few books or collections devoted to Victorian sculpture
With its focus on reading and curating, this issue stages how Victorian sculpture studies might relate to other fields and modes of presentation, and its texts offer new ways to think about such major issues as technology, religion, and colonialism in art history
This is a great value for a subfield that has sometimes had a hesitant relationship to other approaches and methods in Victorian studies, to nineteenth-century studies, and to the discipline of art history more broadly

Summary

Introduction

This issue of 19 is significant for being among the few books or collections devoted to Victorian sculpture. With its focus on reading and curating, this issue stages how Victorian sculpture studies might relate to other fields and modes of presentation, and its texts offer new ways to think about such major issues as technology, religion, and colonialism in art history.

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