Riverscapes and National Identities

by Tricia Cusack

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815629044
• ISBN13: 9780815629047
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.6" x 9.1"