Les décors muraux en Grande-Bretagne
- Submitting institution
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University of Glasgow
- Unit of assessment
- 32 - Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory
- Output identifier
- 32-01111
- Type
- C - Chapter in book
- DOI
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- Book title
- Idée nationale et architecture en Europe: volume 2, Fin XVIIIe-XXIe siècle
- Publisher
- Presses universitaires de Rennes
- ISBN
- 9782753578302
- Open access status
- -
- Month of publication
- November
- Year of publication
- 2019
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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0
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- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
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- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- Yes
- English abstract
- Using the murals painted c. 1847-1910 at the Palace of Westminster (London) as its primary focus, but also considering selected examples in other public buildings, this chapter explores some of the reasons why painted figurative mural decoration became intimately associated with concepts of national identity in Britain in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Analysing choices of iconography and style in relation to social and political developments, and French and German comparators, it draws on modern theories of national identity to show how mural patrons and artists sought to project a sense of shared national consciousness to future generations.