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| Genre/Form: | In art |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Zarobell, John. Empire of landscape. University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c2010 (OCoLC)722071603 |
| Material Type: | Government publication, State or province government publication, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
John Zarobell |
| ISBN: | 9780271034430 0271034432 |
| OCLC Number: | 318534291 |
| Description: | xv, 196 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 26 cm. |
| Contents: | Jean-Charles Langlois' Panorama of Algiers (1833) and the prospective colonial landscape -- Algeria at the Museum of French history -- Illustrated travelogues and imperial tourism: the Journal de l'expédition des Portes de Fer -- Eugène Fromentin and Laghouat: artistic and colonial frontiers -- Beyond landscape imagery: the photographic seizure of the colonial landscape -- Abstracting space: remaking the landscape of colonial Algeria in second empire France -- Epilogue: the recurrence of empire and landscape. |
| Responsibility: | John Zarobell. |
Abstract:
Emerging in the realm of popular entertainment, Langlois' "Panorama of Algiers" (1833) drew an audience in much the same way that the arcades drew consumers. Presenting an analysis of French images of nineteenth-century Algiers, this title offers a fresh position on visual culture and the social history of art.
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"This is an original book, at times brilliant, that makes an important contribution to the field." - David O'Brien, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign"
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