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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Autor principal: Monfort, Bruno
Formato: Article ou chapitre numérique
Lenguaje:Français
Publicado: 2004
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Acceso en línea:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Sumario: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.