Dignity and Decadence

Victorian Art and the Classical Inheritance

Richard Jenkyns

    • Preface
    • List of Illustrations
    1. The Victorian Setting
    2. The Architectural Inheritance
    3. The Idea of Sculpture
      • The Awkward Art
      • Pygmalion
    4. Ruskin's Dilemma
      • Ruskin's Agnoistes
      • A Walk in the West Country
    5. Hellene High Water
    6. The Aesthetic Mood
    7. The Tone of the Time
    • Notes
    • Photographic Credits
    • Index
  • Cover: Dignity and Decadence

Richard Jenkyns is Professor of the Classical Tradition at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Lady Margaret Hall. His previous books include The Victorians and Ancient Greece and Dignity and Decadence: Victorian Art and the Classical Inheritance.