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Riverscapes and National Identities (Paperback)
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Riverscapes and National Identities (Paperback)
Series: Space, Place and Society
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Loot Price R541
Discovery Miles 5 410
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Painted riverscapes such as Claude Monet's impressions of the
Seine, Isaak Levitan's Volga views, or Thomas Cole's Hudson scenery
became iconic not least because they embodied nationalist ideas
about place and about culture. At a time when nationalism was
taking root across Europe and the United States, the riverscape
played an important role in transforming the abstract idea of the
nation into a potent visual image. It not only offered a picture of
the nation's physical character, but through aspects such as style,
the figures portrayed, and the nature of the implied spectator, it
presented a cultural ideal. In this highly original book, Tricia
Cusak explores significance of painted riverscapes to the creation
of national identities in nineteenth and early twentieth century
Europe and America. Focusing on five rivers, the Hudson, the Volga,
the Seine, the Thames, and the Shannon, the author outlines the
history of the development of national landscapes, elaborating on
the distinctive nature of riverscapes. Drawing on the symbolic
potential of rivers to represent life and time, the riverscape
provided a metaphor for the mythic stream of national history
flowing unimpeded out of the past and into the future.
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