Madrid on the move: feeling modern and visually aware in the nineteenth century

Abstract

"Madrid on the Move offers an account of illustrated print culture and the urban experience in nineteenth-century Spain. It provides a fresh account of modernity from a transnational perspective. Drawing on different kinds of printed images and texts, the book explores what being modern meant to people in their daily lives."--Publisher's description.

Contents

Introduction: decentring modernity -- Seeing in the city: visually aware citizens -- making modernity: images, words, and cross-national connections -- Strolling the city: the flâneur interrupted -- Sketching social types: local contexts, modern customs, visual traditions -- Creating hybrid surfaces: truth, representation, reality/illustration, caricature, photography.