
Eighteenth-Century Engravings and Visual History in Britain
Isabelle Baudino(Author)
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 31. March 2023
Book
Hardback
192 pages
978-1-032-15364-3 (ISBN)
Description
Extending the scholarly discussion of visual history, this book examines eighteenth-century engraved book illustrations in order to outline the genealogy of the modern visualisation of the past in Britain.
This study is based on a body of more than a hundred engraved historical plates designed in the second half of the eighteenth century in Britain and published in more than a dozen pictorial histories. Focusing on these previously unstudied engravings, this work contributes to the study of eighteenth-century visual culture and is informed by current interdisciplinary approaches at the intersection of visual and book studies. Eighteenth-Century Engravings and Visual History in Britain is about the urge to envision the past and about the establishment of the new relationship between visual media, visuality, and history in eighteenth-century Britain.
The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, British history, book studies, and visual culture.
This study is based on a body of more than a hundred engraved historical plates designed in the second half of the eighteenth century in Britain and published in more than a dozen pictorial histories. Focusing on these previously unstudied engravings, this work contributes to the study of eighteenth-century visual culture and is informed by current interdisciplinary approaches at the intersection of visual and book studies. Eighteenth-Century Engravings and Visual History in Britain is about the urge to envision the past and about the establishment of the new relationship between visual media, visuality, and history in eighteenth-century Britain.
The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, British history, book studies, and visual culture.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Academic, Postgraduate, and Undergraduate
Illustrations
10 farbige Abbildungen, 30 s/w Photographien bzw. Rasterbilder, 10 Farbfotos bzw. farbige Rasterbilder, 30 s/w Abbildungen
10 Halftones, color; 30 Halftones, black and white; 10 Illustrations, color; 30 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 174 mm
Weight
661 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-032-15364-3 (9781032153643)
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Person
Isabelle Baudino is Senior Lecturer at the Ecole normale superieure de Lyon, France.
Content
Introduction Chapter 1. Picturing History Chapter 2. Reinventing the Past Chapter 3. The Historical Genre Chapter 4. Visual History as a New Language