– In 1846, the target was continental expansion, not clear how far downwards and upwards, but essentially contiguous colonization westwards, ‘destiny’ (and destination) being domination and ...

One of T.J. Clark’s objectives in The Painting of Modern Life is to make us ‘unlearn our present ease with Impressionism’, and in this he succeeds magnificently.footnote ＊ By raising the issue of the ...