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An exploration of shifting landscapes-both real and represented-in nineteenth-century France and the role of images in both picturing and producing those shifts

What is the relationship between land and landscape? This engaging study examines the role landscape depictions played in the formation of modern France and reveals how art and…

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1 author picked Land into Landscape as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

This is a fascinating rethinking of the history of landscape painting in modern France by linking it to ideas about nationalism and 'Frenchness'.

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