La nature comme œuvre d’art: Élisée Reclus et les (néo)impressionnistes

This paper deals with the relationship that Élisée Reclus (1830-1905) and the circuit of Anarchist Geographers maintained with Art, which concerned at the same time their approach to Geography and their political engagement. Questioning Reclus’ texts on Art and drawing on primary sources on his netw...

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Main Author: Federico Ferretti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Société Royale Belge de Géographie and the Belgian National Committee of Geography 2014-12-01
Series:Belgeo
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/belgeo/13207
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La nature comme œuvre d’art: Élisée Reclus et les (néo)impressionnistes
Belgeo
Élisée Reclus
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
neoimpressionism
social art
geography and anarchism
geographic education
title La nature comme œuvre d’art: Élisée Reclus et les (néo)impressionnistes
title_full La nature comme œuvre d’art: Élisée Reclus et les (néo)impressionnistes
title_fullStr La nature comme œuvre d’art: Élisée Reclus et les (néo)impressionnistes
title_full_unstemmed La nature comme œuvre d’art: Élisée Reclus et les (néo)impressionnistes
title_short La nature comme œuvre d’art: Élisée Reclus et les (néo)impressionnistes
title_sort la nature comme oeuvre d art elisee reclus et les neo impressionnistes
topic Élisée Reclus
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
neoimpressionism
social art
geography and anarchism
geographic education
url https://journals.openedition.org/belgeo/13207
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