Author: Orville Luther Holley
Publisher: New-York : J. Disturnell
ISBN:
Category : Atlantic Coast
Languages : en
Pages : 388
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The Picturesque Tourist
Author: Orville Luther Holley
Publisher: New-York : J. Disturnell
ISBN:
Category : Atlantic Coast
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Publisher: New-York : J. Disturnell
ISBN:
Category : Atlantic Coast
Languages : en
Pages : 388
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The Picturesque Tourist
Author: Edward Hepple Hall
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 260
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 260
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An Eye for the Tropics
Author: Krista A. Thompson
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 0822388561
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 421
Book Description
Images of Jamaica and the Bahamas as tropical paradises full of palm trees, white sandy beaches, and inviting warm water seem timeless. Surprisingly, the origins of those images can be traced back to the roots of the islands’ tourism industry in the 1880s. As Krista A. Thompson explains, in the late nineteenth century, tourism promoters, backed by British colonial administrators, began to market Jamaica and the Bahamas as picturesque “tropical” paradises. They hired photographers and artists to create carefully crafted representations, which then circulated internationally via postcards and illustrated guides and lectures. Illustrated with more than one hundred images, including many in color, An Eye for the Tropics is a nuanced evaluation of the aesthetics of the “tropicalizing images” and their effects on Jamaica and the Bahamas. Thompson describes how representations created to project an image to the outside world altered everyday life on the islands. Hoteliers imported tropical plants to make the islands look more like the images. Many prominent tourist-oriented spaces, including hotels and famous beaches, became off-limits to the islands’ black populations, who were encouraged to act like the disciplined, loyal colonial subjects depicted in the pictures. Analyzing the work of specific photographers and artists who created tropical representations of Jamaica and the Bahamas between the 1880s and the 1930s, Thompson shows how their images differ from the English picturesque landscape tradition. Turning to the present, she examines how tropicalizing images are deconstructed in works by contemporary artists—including Christopher Cozier, David Bailey, and Irénée Shaw—at the same time that they remain a staple of postcolonial governments’ vigorous efforts to attract tourists.
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 0822388561
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 421
Book Description
Images of Jamaica and the Bahamas as tropical paradises full of palm trees, white sandy beaches, and inviting warm water seem timeless. Surprisingly, the origins of those images can be traced back to the roots of the islands’ tourism industry in the 1880s. As Krista A. Thompson explains, in the late nineteenth century, tourism promoters, backed by British colonial administrators, began to market Jamaica and the Bahamas as picturesque “tropical” paradises. They hired photographers and artists to create carefully crafted representations, which then circulated internationally via postcards and illustrated guides and lectures. Illustrated with more than one hundred images, including many in color, An Eye for the Tropics is a nuanced evaluation of the aesthetics of the “tropicalizing images” and their effects on Jamaica and the Bahamas. Thompson describes how representations created to project an image to the outside world altered everyday life on the islands. Hoteliers imported tropical plants to make the islands look more like the images. Many prominent tourist-oriented spaces, including hotels and famous beaches, became off-limits to the islands’ black populations, who were encouraged to act like the disciplined, loyal colonial subjects depicted in the pictures. Analyzing the work of specific photographers and artists who created tropical representations of Jamaica and the Bahamas between the 1880s and the 1930s, Thompson shows how their images differ from the English picturesque landscape tradition. Turning to the present, she examines how tropicalizing images are deconstructed in works by contemporary artists—including Christopher Cozier, David Bailey, and Irénée Shaw—at the same time that they remain a staple of postcolonial governments’ vigorous efforts to attract tourists.
The picturesque tourist, a handy guide round the world
Author: Picturesque tourist
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 296
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 296
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Three Essays - On Picturesque Beauty - On - Picturesque Travel - And on - Sketching Landscape - To Which Is Added a Poem on Landscape Painting
Author: William Gilpin
Publisher: READ BOOKS
ISBN: 9781444626377
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Publisher: READ BOOKS
ISBN: 9781444626377
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Black's Picturesque Tourist and Road and Railway Guide Book Through England and Wales
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 700
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 700
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Black's Picturesque Tourist of Scotland
Author: Adam and Charles Black (Firm)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 788
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 788
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Picturesque Tourist of Scotland
Author: Adam and Charles Black (Firm)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 674
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 674
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American Writers and the Picturesque Tour
Author: Beth L. Lueck
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135813590
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 183
Book Description
Explores a beloved genre Even before the age of the Romantics, travel literature was a favorite genre of English and American writers and readers. After the War of 1812, Americans' passion for scenic beauty inspired them to take the picturesque tour of America as well as going to Europe for the requisite Grand Tour. The written American version of the popular British tour in various guidebooks helped shape the literature of the new nation as nearly every major writer of the first half of the 19th century contributed to it from Poe, who provided several comic pieces, and Irving to Thoreau, for whom the tour symbolized moral and spiritual growth, and Margaret Fuller. Offers new perspectives American writers adapted the picturesque to express their nationalistic sentiments; picturesque discourse offered a flexible series of conventions that enable writers to celebrate the places, people, and legends that set America apart. This volume demonstrates the vital role of this genre in the formation of national literary taste and national culture and offers fresh and exciting perspectives on the topic. Includes index. Also includes maps.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135813590
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 183
Book Description
Explores a beloved genre Even before the age of the Romantics, travel literature was a favorite genre of English and American writers and readers. After the War of 1812, Americans' passion for scenic beauty inspired them to take the picturesque tour of America as well as going to Europe for the requisite Grand Tour. The written American version of the popular British tour in various guidebooks helped shape the literature of the new nation as nearly every major writer of the first half of the 19th century contributed to it from Poe, who provided several comic pieces, and Irving to Thoreau, for whom the tour symbolized moral and spiritual growth, and Margaret Fuller. Offers new perspectives American writers adapted the picturesque to express their nationalistic sentiments; picturesque discourse offered a flexible series of conventions that enable writers to celebrate the places, people, and legends that set America apart. This volume demonstrates the vital role of this genre in the formation of national literary taste and national culture and offers fresh and exciting perspectives on the topic. Includes index. Also includes maps.
Black's Picturesque Tourist of Scotland ... Third edition
Author: Adam BLACK (Publisher, and BLACK (Charles) Publisher.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 512
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