190 Pages
by
Routledge
190 Pages
by
Routledge
During the years following World War II debates about the British landscape fused with questions of national identity as the country reconstructed its sense of self. For better or for worse artists, statesmen, and ordinary citizens saw themselves reflected in the landscape, and in turn helped to shape the way that others envisioned the land. While landscape art is frequently imagined in terms of... Read more
Contents: Introduction; Nostalgia for the past, anxiety towards the future: landscape and national identity at the South Bank exhibition; The gendered landscape; The Britishness of British art; Growth and form: the new landscapes; The end of landscape art?; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
Catherine Jolivette is Assistant Professor of Art History in the Department of Art and Design at Missouri State University, USA.
