Persuasion and propaganda : monuments and the eighteenth-century British Empire / Joan Coutu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Coutu, Joan Michèle, 1964-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Monuments--Colonies--Great Britain--History--18th century.

Monuments.

Great Britain--History.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (496 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Lavishly illustrated, Persuasion and Propaganda is the first study of these works of art within the framework of colonial politics and political culture. While examining the rise of the idea of the public in the modern world, Joan Coutu also explores how "empire" was constantly being redefined. From private funeral monuments in the West Indies to works erected by the East India Company and the British Parliament, Coutu shows how the youthful British Empire saw itself and validated its mission through sculpture.

Contents:

Display and dynasty

The colonial trade in monuments

Heroic imagery? The monument to Wolfe in Westminster Abbey

Precedents and parallels: the Grenville Commission

Magnanimity? The bust of George III in Montreal

Reassurances of liberty: public monuments in the American colonies

Reassurances of loyalty: public commissions in the West Indies

India: building as a moral imperative.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-86708-3

9786612867088

0-7735-7664-9

OCLC:

716062414