Provence and the British Imagination

Although it resonates today with lavender fields, sunny heritage locations and the gentrified memory of Paul Cézanne's pictorial turbulence, Provence has not always been the attractive territory of pacified leisure and festival culture. Since the seventeenth century, indeed, the region has insc...

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Main Author: A cura di: Claire Davison
Other Authors: A cura di: Nathalie Vanfasse, A cura di: Caroline Patey, A cura di: Béatrice Laurent
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ledizioni 2013
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Summary:Although it resonates today with lavender fields, sunny heritage locations and the gentrified memory of Paul Cézanne's pictorial turbulence, Provence has not always been the attractive territory of pacified leisure and festival culture. Since the seventeenth century, indeed, the region has inscribed its shifting geography, complex politics and the extraordinary diversity of its land and seascapes in the perception and imagination of British visitors.
Item Description:Creative Commons (cc), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
Physical Description:1 electronic resource (235 p.)
ISBN:9788867051373