Download or read book Framing France written by Richard Thomson and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Landscape painting in France between 1870 and 1914 was a battleground, fought over by avant-garde and conservative artists, as well as the Left and Right in French politics. This collection of essays by distinguished contributors throws light on how representing the land became an evolutionary vehicle not only for art but society as well. 70 illustrations.