Victorian Visions of War and Peace: Aesthetics, Sovereignty, and Violence in the

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A study of how artists and photographers shaped imperial visions of war and peace in the Victorian period

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A study of how artists and photographers shaped imperial visions of war and peace in the Victorian periodIn an era that saw the birth of photography (c. 1839) and the rise of the illustrated press (c. 1842), the British experience of their empire became increasingly defined by the processes and products of image-making.Examining moments of military and diplomatic crisis, this book considers how artists and photographers operating "in the field" helped to define British visions of war and peace. The Victorians increasingly turned to visual spectacle to help them compose imperial sovereignty. The British Empire was thus rendered into a spectacle of "peace," from world's fairs to staged diplomatic rituals. Yet this occurred against a backdrop of incessant colonial war—campaigns which, far from being ignored, were in fact unprecedentedly visible within the cultural forms of Victorian society. Visual media thus shaped the contours of imperial statecraft and established many of the aesthetic and ethical frames within which the colonial violence was confronted.

Author Biography

Sean Willcock is an Early Career Leverhulme Fellow in the Department of History of Art, Birkbeck, University of London.

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Examining moments of military and diplomatic crisis, this book considers how visual media shaped imperial visions of war and peace in the Victorian era.

Details ISBN1913107248 Author Sean Willcock Short Title Victorian Visions of War and Peace Pages 256 Language English Year 2021 ISBN-10 1913107248 ISBN-13 9781913107246 Format Hardcover Subtitle Aesthetics, Sovereignty, and Violence in the British Empire Imprint Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art Country of Publication United Kingdom NZ Release Date 2021-11-09 Publication Date 2021-11-09 UK Release Date 2021-11-09 Illustrations 106 color illus. Publisher Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art DEWEY 700.94109034 Audience Professional & Vocational AU Release Date 2021-11-08 We've got this

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