Abstract
In the mid-19th century, an ambition for universality, a desire to spread knowledge of the benefits brought by industrialisation, and faith in progress meant that a need arose to create an exhibition structure that could bring together the new urban experience – and so the great exhibitions were born. The ‘Universal Exhibition’ became a platform where the results of development on various levels, and in different registers, could be exhibited in a compact fashion. It brought under one roof the most glorious aspects of the 19th century. Exhibiting everything from agriculture to mining, from machinery to art, it brought the public a view of the human cosmos immersed in a new movement, finding its raison d’être in one of the main identifiers of the age: the birth of the phenomenon of the masses.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Progress(es), Theories and Practices |
| Subtitle of host publication | Proceedings of the 3rd International Multidisciplinary Congress on Proportion Harmonies Identities (PHI 2017), October 4-7, 2017, Bari, Italy |
| Editors | Mário S. Ming Kong, Maria do Rosário Monteiro, Maria João Pereira Neto |
| Place of Publication | London |
| Publisher | CRC Press |
| Pages | 309-314 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781351242691 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Dec 2017 |
| Event | 3rd International Multidisciplinary Congress on Proportion Harmonies Identities (), October 4-7, 2017, Bari, Italy - Swabian Castle; Sala Murat; University of Trento, Bari, Italy Duration: 4 Nov 2017 → 7 Nov 2017 Conference number: 3 |
Conference
| Conference | 3rd International Multidisciplinary Congress on Proportion Harmonies Identities (), October 4-7, 2017, Bari, Italy |
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| Abbreviated title | PHI 2017 |
| Country/Territory | Italy |
| City | Bari |
| Period | 4/11/17 → 7/11/17 |
Keywords
- colonial
- exhibitions
- XIX century