Knifton, R orcid.org/0000-0001-9229-0508 (2018) Art, Town and Gown: Siting Public Artworks in Kingston Upon Thames. In: Vasilikou, C and Castoro, M, (eds.) Urban Artscapes: Essays on Political and Cultural Contexts. McFarland , pp. 56-67. ISBN 9781476665405
Abstract
The art school in Kingston lies down a quiet suburban street a short walk from the town center. At its rear, the Hogsmill stream flows by, just a few miles downstream from the point Millais chose to model his Ophelia. From this idyllic setting, the visual and aesthetic character of Kingston as an urban space has been subtly affected and altered. The purpose of this chapter is, via a number of case studies, to delineate the relationship between Kingston School of Art and its surrounding environs, and in doing ask how the presence of the art school has impacted on the artscape of Kingston. What precise role can we ascribe to an art school in creating a mode of looking and developing the physical markers of aesthetic appreciation within an urban location? And how have the many artists connected to the institution materially affected how the spaces of Kingston have been viewed artistically over the years?
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Item Type: | Book Section |
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Keywords: | artscape; art school; kingston |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > Fine Art, History of Art & Cultural Studies (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 12 Apr 2017 11:07 |
Last Modified: | 09 Aug 2019 11:03 |
Published Version: | https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/urban-artscapes... |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | McFarland |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:114938 |