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Nudes in bondage, endless bared breasts, passion, prurience… this superb survey of sculpture’s depiction of women in 19th-century Britain unsettles at every turn
Going Medieval Fig. 1. Exterior of Cardiff Castle, Wales, as designed and restored for John Crichton-Stuart, third Marquess of Bute (1847–1900) by William Burges (1827–1881). The towers, right to left, are: the Clock Tower (1869–1874), Guest Tower (1875), Herbert Tower (built 1580s, heightened about 1880), Beauchamp Tower (built c. 1432–1439, spire added 1878), and the Bute Tower (built 1780s, heightened 1875). Except as noted, all photographs are courtesy of the Cardiff Council. Cardiff, the handsome capital of Wales, is known for its eponymous research university, its National Muse...