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This ground-breaking book presents a critical study of pictorial
narrative in nineteenth-century European painting. Covering works
from France, Germany, Britain, Italy and elsewhere, it traces the
ways in which immensely popular artists like Jean-Leon Gerome, Karl
von Piloty and William Quiller Orchardson used unique visual
strategies to tell thrilling and engaging stories. Regardless of
genre, content or national context, these paintings share a
fundamental modern narrative mode. Unlike traditional art, they do
not rely on textual sources; nor do they tell stories through the
human body alone. Instead, they experiment with objects, spaces,
cause-and-effect relations and open-ended ambiguity, prompting
viewers and reviewers to read for clues in order to weave their own
elaborate tales. -- .
From postcards and paintings to photography and film, tourism and
visual culture have a long-standing history of mutual entanglement.
For centuries art has inspired many an intrepid traveller, and
tourism provides an insatiable market for indigenous art,
'authentic' or otherwise.
This book explores the complex association between tourism and
visual culture throughout history and across cultures. How has
tourism been linked to images of colonial expansion? Why are we so
intrigued by 'lost' places, such as Tutankhamun's tomb or Machu
Picchu, South America's lost city of the Incas? What is the
relationship between art, tourism and landscape preference? What
role did commercial tourist photographers play in the imagination
of Victorian Britain? Drawing upon examples from across the globe,
this exciting new contribution to a popular subject illustrates how
tourism and visual culture intersect with one another and in the
process become contested ground.
From postcards and paintings to photography and film, tourism and
visual culture have a long-standing history of mutual entanglement.
For centuries art has inspired many an intrepid traveller, and
tourism provides an insatiable market for indigenous art,
'authentic' or otherwise.
This book explores the complex association between tourism and
visual culture throughout history and across cultures. How has
tourism been linked to images of colonial expansion? Why are we so
intrigued by 'lost' places, such as Tutankhamun's tomb or Machu
Picchu, South America's lost city of the Incas? What is the
relationship between art, tourism and landscape preference? What
role did commercial tourist photographers play in the imagination
of Victorian Britain? Drawing upon examples from across the globe,
this exciting new contribution to a popular subject illustrates how
tourism and visual culture intersect with one another and in the
process become contested ground.
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