Riverscapes and National Identities

Informationen zum Autor Tricia Cusack is a lecturer at the Centre for European Languages and Cultures at the University of Birmingham. She coedited Art, Nation and Gender: Ethnic Landscapes, Myths and Mother-Figures and has published numerous articles in anthologies and journals including National Identities , Nations and Nationalism , and Art History . Klappentext At a time when nationalism was taking root across Europe and the US, the painted riverscape played an important role in transforming the abstract idea of the nation into a potent visual image. This book explores the significance of painted riverscapes for the creation of national identities in 19th- and early 20th-century Europe and America. Zusammenfassung At a time when nationalism was taking root across Europe and the US! the painted riverscape played an important role in transforming the abstract idea of the nation into a potent visual image. This book explores the significance of painted riverscapes for the creation of national identities in 19th- and early 20th-century Europe and America.

Product details

• Authors: Dr Tricia Cusack, Tricia Cusack
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.03.2010
• EAN: 9780815632115
• ISBN: 978-0-8156-3211-5
• No. of pages: 237
• Series: Space, Place, and Society (Har; Space, Place, and Society (Har; Space, Place and Society
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history