Le sublime américain : rhétorique et inscription du sujet dans The Icebergs de F. E. Church

A dominant mode in mid-XIXth century American painting, the sublime does not involve following a specific program for representing landscape. What it does entail, however, is a peculiar type of relationship between the painter and his pictures. This article discusses the case of The Icebe...

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Hoofdauteur: Monfort, Bruno
Formaat: Article ou chapitre numérique
Taal:Français
Gepubliceerd in: 2004
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Online toegang:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Samenvatting:A dominant mode in mid-XIXth century American painting, the sublime does not involve following a specific program for representing landscape. What it does entail, however, is a peculiar type of relationship between the painter and his pictures. This article discusses the case of The Icebergs by F. E. Church to show how this national icon originates in the “sublime repression” of the painter’s self.