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Title Visualizing the past : the power of the image in German historicism / edited by Kathrin Maurer
Published Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2013]

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Description 1 online resource (x, 250 pages) : illustrations
Series Interdisciplinary German cultural studies, 1861-8030 ; v. 13
Interdisciplinary German cultural studies ; v. 13. 1861-8030
Contents pt. 1. Leopold von Ranke and the panorama -- pt. 2. Jacob Burckhardt and photography -- pt. 3. Illustrated history books -- pt. 4. Historical cartography
Summary Visual media had a decisive impact on how the past was perceived in 19th-century Germany. The panorama, photography, and book illustrations can portray the past spatially. By investigating the visual vocabulary of different historicist genres (illustrated history books, maps, historiography), this volume expands an understanding of German historicist culture as a multi-medial phenomenon. It demonstrates that the image works as a powerful tool to propagate the ideology of German imperialism, but also can critically reflect the political agendas of national historicism
Analysis Burckhardt, Jacob
Historicism
Ranke, Leopold von
Space
Visuality
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-242) and index
Notes In English
Print version record
Subject Art and history -- Germany -- History -- 19th century
Art and society -- Germany -- History -- 19th century
Historicism in art.
Historiography -- Germany -- History -- 19th century
HISTORY -- Europe -- Germany.
Historiography
Art and history
Art and society
Historicism in art
Germany
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Maurer, Kathrin, editor.
LC no. 2013003643
ISBN 1299723489
9781299723481
9783110282825
3110282828
9783110282931
3110282933