Fields Of Vision: Landscape Imagery & National Identity In England & The United States
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Good condition. The book has some scuffing and wear to the edges, as well as some grubby markings. Previous owner's name inscribed in the top right corner of the inside page. Pages are otherwise clean and clear of inscriptions throughout. It examines how different landscapes have served to define national identity in England and the United States. There is deep analysis of the representation of rural, urban and industrial scenes in the works of artists, writers and designers, including John Constable, J. M. W. Turner, Thomas Cole, Humphry Repton and Christopher Wren. Their works are interpreted in the context of their own times and as reinterpreted in later periods. The use of paintings like Constables Haywain in modern publicity is examined, as is the representation of Wrens St. Pauls Cathedral in the present Prince of Wales Vision of Britain . Two chapters examine how landscape conventions developed in England were deployed in definitions of American national identity. The book shows how landscape imagery encapsulates a variety of social relations and forms of knowledge, and how depictions of national identity in landscape affect local, regional, and international identities. Daniels emphasizes the relation between landscape depiction and another main expression of national identity, historical narration.
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