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A Pedagogy of Observation: Nineteenth-Century Panoramas, German Literature, and Reading Culture by Vance Byrd (review)

A Pedagogy of Observation: Nineteenth-Century Panoramas, German Literature, and Reading Culture... 688 Monatshefte, Vol. 110, No. 4, 2018 A Pedagogy of Observation: Nineteenth-Century Panoramas, German Literature, and Reading Culture. By Vance Byrd. Lewisburg, PA: Bucknell University Press, 2017. x + 203 pages + 20 b/w and 8 color illustrations. $100.00 hardcover, $95.00 e-book. In A Pedagogy of Observation. Nineteenth-Century Panoramas, German Literature, and Reading Culture, Vance Byrd explores how in the first half of the nineteenth century, panoramas had a significant impact on German and Austrian cultures and contributed to the emergence of panoramic literature. These circular paintings of city landscapes, natural environments, and historic events were a popular attraction throughout Europe and transported audiences into alternative realities. With its ideal of comprehensive overview—the “nature at a glance” (3)—and its faithful reproduc- tion of details whose elucidation required an informed gaze, the aesthetics of pano- ramas gave rise to new modes and new arts of observation, and to a new visual language. Panoramas, Byrd points out, should not be dissociated from the texts and paraphernalia that surrounded them. They required keys and guidebooks in order to be “read” adequately. In addition, audiences often heard or read about panoramas before actually experiencing them. In that regard, the panorama as a “diffuse http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Monatshefte University of Wisconsin Press

A Pedagogy of Observation: Nineteenth-Century Panoramas, German Literature, and Reading Culture by Vance Byrd (review)

Monatshefte , Volume 110 (4) – Mar 5, 2019

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688 Monatshefte, Vol. 110, No. 4, 2018 A Pedagogy of Observation: Nineteenth-Century Panoramas, German Literature, and Reading Culture. By Vance Byrd. Lewisburg, PA: Bucknell University Press, 2017. x + 203 pages + 20 b/w and 8 color illustrations. $100.00 hardcover, $95.00 e-book. In A Pedagogy of Observation. Nineteenth-Century Panoramas, German Literature, and Reading Culture, Vance Byrd explores how in the first half of the nineteenth century, panoramas had a significant impact on German and Austrian cultures and contributed to the emergence of panoramic literature. These circular paintings of city landscapes, natural environments, and historic events were a popular attraction throughout Europe and transported audiences into alternative realities. With its ideal of comprehensive overview—the “nature at a glance” (3)—and its faithful reproduc- tion of details whose elucidation required an informed gaze, the aesthetics of pano- ramas gave rise to new modes and new arts of observation, and to a new visual language. Panoramas, Byrd points out, should not be dissociated from the texts and paraphernalia that surrounded them. They required keys and guidebooks in order to be “read” adequately. In addition, audiences often heard or read about panoramas before actually experiencing them. In that regard, the panorama as a “diffuse

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