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TitleThe Temporary Elgin Room

Creator nameArcher, Archibald

Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1819

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

LocationBritish Museum, London

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/PA_Painting-30

Accession numberPainting.30

SubjectsAnatomy, ArtisticElgin marblesMasculine beauty (Aesthetics)Artists' models in art

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Introduction: Monuments in Flux

Mari Lending

Plaster Monuments: Architecture and the Power of Reproduction

~~The absentminded visitor drifts by chance into the Hall of Architecture at the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh, where astonishment awaits. In part, the surprise is the sheer number of architectural fragments: Egyptian capitals, Assyrian pavements, Phoenician reliefs, Greek temple porches, Hellenistic columns, Etruscan urns, Roman...

Author

Mari Lending

PublisherPrinceton University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.1-29

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00311.1

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Chapter subject tags:Architectural castsArt--Reproduction--Social aspectsArchitecture, AncientPlaster castsArchitecture--Study and teaching--United StatesMuseum exhibits--United States--20th centuryArt--Collectors and collecting--HistoryParthenon (Athens, Greece)Kubler, George, 1912-1996. Shape of time

4. Size Matters: The Measurement of Man and Ideals of the Labouring Body

Anthea Callen

Looking at Men: Anatomy, Masculinity and the Modern Male Body

Beginning with the history of the idea of the ‘human machine’, this chapter explores modern developments in this explicitly class- and gender-specific concept.My...

Author

Anthea Callen

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.140-183

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00297.5

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Chapter subject tags:Human anatomy--Study and teachingAnatomy, ArtisticMasculinity in artWorking class in artMasculine beauty (Aesthetics)

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