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Designing Antiquity: Owen Jones, Ancient Egypt and the Crystal Palace
By Moser, Stephanie
- ISBN
- 9780300187076
- Publisher
- Yale Univ.
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Reviewed on February 1, 2013 | Arts and Humanities
Moser (archaeology, Univ. of Southampton; Wondrous Curiosities: Ancient Egypt at the British Museum) has an ongoing preoccupation with how the ancient world has been represented over time. In this book, she focuses on 19th-century English architect Owen Jones's design for the Egyptian Court at 1851's Great Exhibition in London, which was inside the iconic Crystal Palace. Moser argues that this was a key moment in the hist...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
