Landscape painting in Revolutionary France: liberty's embrace

"The French Revolution had a marked impact on the ways in which citizens saw the newly-liberated spaces in which they now lived. Painting, gardening, cinematic displays of landscape, travel guides, public festivals, tales of space flight and devil-abduction each shaped citizens' understand...

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Main Author: Adams, Steven 1955- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2020
Series:Routledge research in art history
Routledge research in art history
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Online Access:Volltext
Summary:"The French Revolution had a marked impact on the ways in which citizens saw the newly-liberated spaces in which they now lived. Painting, gardening, cinematic displays of landscape, travel guides, public festivals, tales of space flight and devil-abduction each shaped citizens' understanding of space. Through an exploration of landscape painting over some forty years, Steven Adams examines the work of artists, critics and contemporary observers who have largely escaped art historical attention to show the importance of landscape as a means of crystallising national identity in a period of unprecedented political and social change"--
Item Description:Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 05, 2020)
Physical Description:1 online resource (xv, 155 pages) illustrations
ISBN:9781315229430
1315229439
9781351859073
1351859072
1351859064
9781351859059
1351859056
9781351859066

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