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Imperial Landscapes: Britain's Global Visual Culture, 1745-1820
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Imperial Landscapes: Britain's Global Visual Culture, 1745-1820 Hardcover - 2011

by John E. Crowley


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In response to conquests in mid-18th-century wars, Britons developed a keen interest in how their colonies actually looked. Artistic representations of these faraway places, claiming topographic accuracy from being drawn on the spot, became increasingly frequent as the British Empire extended its reach during and after the Seven Years War. This is the first book to examine the country's early imperial landscape art from a broad comparative perspective. Chapters on the West Indies, Canada, the United States, the Pacific, Australia, and India show how British artists linked colonial territories with their homeland. This is both a ravishingly beautiful art book and a historical analysis of how British visual culture entwined with the politics of colonization.

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  • Title Imperial Landscapes: Britain's Global Visual Culture, 1745-1820
  • Author John E. Crowley
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 282
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, London
  • Date 2011
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780300170504 / 0300170505
  • Weight 3.7 lbs (1.68 kg)
  • Dimensions 11.4 x 9.9 x 0.96 in (28.96 x 25.15 x 2.44 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 18th Century
    • Chronological Period: 19th Century
    • Cultural Region: British
  • Library of Congress subjects Great Britain - Colonies, Art and society - Great Britain
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2010039499
  • Dewey Decimal Code 704.943

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About the author

John E. Crowley is Professor Emeritus of History at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. His books include The Invention of Comfort: Sensibilities and Design in Early Modern Britain and Early America.
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Imperial landscapes : Britain's global visual culture, 1745-1820 / John Crowley

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by Crowley, John E. (1943-)

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New Haven [Conn.] : Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art by Yale University Press, 2011. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; ix, 282 pp., illustrations (some color), maps, 30 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; Introduction. The British Empire and the topographic imperative -- Europe's imperial landscapes -- Canada -- The Pacific -- The West Indies -- The United States of America -- India -- Australia -- Conclusion. European global landscapes. Subjects; Landscapes in art. Geography in art. British colonies. Art and society.
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