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Informationen zum Autor Michael Wintle studied at Cambridge and Ghent Universities, and now holds the chair of European History at the University of Amsterdam, where he directs the degree programmes in European Studies. His research interests are in European identity and especially the visual representation of Europe, European industrialization, and the modern history of the Low Countries. He has published widely on Dutch and European history; recent books include An Economic and Social History of the Netherlands (2000); The Idea of a United Europe (2000); Ideas of Europe since 1914 (2002); Image into Identity (2006); and Imagining Europe (2008). Klappentext This book is a major study of visual representations of Europe, from the classical world to the present day, in maps, icons, the arts and graphic images of all kinds. Europe has been variously represented as the demi-goddess Europa, a bull, a horse, a son of Noah, a Magus, a queen, and the Empress of the World. This richly illustrated book charts how these visualizations of the continent have altered over time; how they interact with changing ideas of the extent and nature of Europe in relation to the other continents; and how these images have influenced and been influenced by the 'reality' of Europe. Spanning the ages from the Ancient Greeks to the European Union, this history of three millennia of Europe and its representations is an important contribution to ongoing debates about the nature of European identity. Zusammenfassung This richly-illustrated study of visual representations of Europe! from the classical world to the present day! charts how visualizations of the continent have altered over time and how they relate to as well as affect changing ideas of the extent and nature of Europe in relation to the other continents. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The identity of Europe and the image of Europe: concepts, theory, methods; 2. A changing concept of Europe; 3. The ancient world, and the myth of Europa and the Bull; 4. The Middle Ages; 5. The Renaissance; 6. Civilization and empire in the age of enlightenment: the long eighteenth century; 7. The age of nationalism and new imperialism; 8. Changing visual representations of Europe in the twentieth century; 9. General conclusion....
