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Meet Dr Kate Nichols, author of Greece and Rome at the Crystal Palace, Sculpture and Modern Britain, 1854-1936 (OUP, 2015: ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199596461.do). She talks to CC about the display of ancient Greek and Roman art and architecture in this period and how Victorian ideas about classical antiquity still shape our thinking today.
Watch out interview to discover why there were three versions of the Parthenon frieze at the Crystal Palace!
Meet Dr Kate Nichols, author of Greece and Rome at the Crystal Palace, Sculpture and Modern Britain, 1854-1936 (OUP, 2015: ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199596461.do). She talks to CC about the display of ancient Greek and Roman art and architecture in this period and how Victorian ideas about classical antiquity still shape our thinking today.
Watch out interview to discover why there were three versions of the Parthenon frieze at the Crystal Palace!










