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Empire of Landscape: Space and Ideology in French Colonial Algeria
John Zarobell
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Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 30 colour, 45 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBA; 3JH; ACV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 228 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1152.
Emerging in the realm of popular entertainment, Jean-Charles Langlois's Panorama of Algiers (1833) drew an audience in much the same way that the arcades drew consumers. Just as the consumption of material goods never fully satiates the consumer, the landscape of Algiers, as represented in Langlois's panorama, kept the French coming back for more. This monumental painting-the result of Colonel Langlois's involvement in the 1830 siege of Algiers-offered a French audience a spectacle of the furthest reaches of the French empire. To witness Langlois's paintings and other representations of colonial landscapes that followed was to perceive the endless diversity of ... Read more
Emerging in the realm of popular entertainment, Jean-Charles Langlois's Panorama of Algiers (1833) drew an audience in much the same way that the arcades drew consumers. Just as the consumption of material goods never fully satiates the consumer, the landscape of Algiers, as represented in Langlois's panorama, kept the French coming back for more. This monumental painting-the result of Colonel Langlois's involvement in the 1830 siege of Algiers-offered a French audience a spectacle of the furthest reaches of the French empire. To witness Langlois's paintings and other representations of colonial landscapes that followed was to perceive the endless diversity of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Pennsylvania, United States
ISBN
9780271034430
SKU
V9780271034430
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About John Zarobell
John Zarobell is Assistant Curator at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. He is a co-author of Edvard Munch's Mermaid (Penn State, 2005).
Reviews for Empire of Landscape: Space and Ideology in French Colonial Algeria
Though his argument is often highly theoretical, Zarobell's study is clearly written and solidly based on close visual analysis. -L. R. Matteson, Choice John Zarobell's enterprising book shows how paintings and photographs of the landscapes of newly conquered Algeria formed a visual and social conception that defended and defined this first of France's colonies in Africa. He shows how ... Read more