02590nam a22002417a 450000500170000000800410001702000180005802800960007608200120017210000220018424501050020626000450031130000250035636500090038152017150039065000210210565000080212665000220213470000210215694200090217799900170218695201450220320260317160739.0260317b        |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9780199662975  a: Technical Bureau Indiab: 4794/23, 1st Floor, Ansari Road, Daryaganj, New Delhic: TB4072  a320 SMI  aSmith, Anthony D.  aThe Nation Made Realb; Art and National Identity in Western Europe, 1600-1850.c/ Anthony D. Smith.  a, UKb: Oxford University Pressc, 2013.  axiii, 213p.c: 24cm.  b6283  aWhat role did visual artists play in the emergence and spread of nationalism and a sense of national identity? Focusing on late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth century Britain and France, this original study in the historical sociology of nations and nationalism analyses the contributions of artists in these and other West European countries to the creation of memorable images of the abstract concept of the nation. By employing different modes of depiction for conveying moral lessons, evoking the atmosphere of the homeland, and commemorating the fallen in battle, David, Ingres, Turner, Constable, and Friedrich, as well as a host of lesser artists, were able to make the national idea appear palpable and accessible, and the abstract concept of the nation seem 'authentic' and 'real'.

After a brief description of the main themes of the visual record of Dutch nation-building in the seventeenth century, Anthony D. Smith presents an original comparative analysis of the rise of 'national art' in eighteenth-century Britain and France. Subsequent chapters address the emblems and oath-swearing ceremonies of the citizen nation, the evocation of native poetic landscapes, the exempla virtutis of national heroes, ancient and modern, and the funerary memorials of martyrs and soldiers who sacrificed themselves for the nation in Britain and France. The conclusion highlights the common elements and the main differences in the French and British trajectories of artistic and national development. Illustrated with striking images, The Nation Made Real offers a new interpretation of the role of visual culture in the formation of nations and national identity among the educated classes in Western Europe.  aNation Made Real  aArt  aNational Identity  aAnthony D. Smith  cBOOK  c67284d67284  00102ddc4071aSNULbSNULd2026-03-17eTechnical Bureau India Pvt. Ltd.g6283.00l0o320 SMIp31405r2026-03-17 16:08:22w2026-03-17yBOOK