The Interstitial Space of the Picturesque KU Leuven
The Interstitial Space of the Picturesque enquires into the eighteenth-century picturesque view and its legacy, exposing within the illusion of expansive freedom, the imperialist appropriation of life and land. Hovering aesthetically between the sublime and the beautiful, the picturesque landscape featured tantalizing outlooks, peephole glimpses, and borrowed scenery, which visually annexed distant prospects, leading to a picturesque illusion ...