Visualizing the Past

Download or read book Visualizing the Past written by Kathrin Maurer and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2013 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.