Landscape Painting: A History
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| Rating | : | 4.25 (556 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0789209020 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 416 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-05-26 |
| Language | : | English |
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Bur Oak said It is not easy to write a history of such an extensive subject. As an academic, landscape architect, and amateur landscape painter, I find it interesting what others may say about the subject, because personal experience, training, and culture guide what is presented and not presented-- any book often says more about the paradigms and perspectives of the authors then about the actual subject they are writing about. It is not easy to write a history of such an extensive subject. If one has never thought much about the subject, one will learn about the general trends and the basic evolution of landscape painting from a Western perspective. To learn the nuances of landsca. "A Note of Caution About the Reproduction Quality" according to John McPhee. I ordered this book because of the scholarship, not the reproductions. Ironically, I am going to only address the color plates in this review. After its arrival, I realized it is very much about the reproductions. It is large, very heavy and is mostly pictures rather than text. That is very generous on one hand but at a price. But the cost is reason to not just buy out of impulse. It is currently new online for at little as $65 to $92, and is $1A Note of Caution About the Reproduction Quality I ordered this book because of the scholarship, not the reproductions. Ironically, I am going to only address the color plates in this review. After its arrival, I realized it is very much about the reproductions. It is large, very heavy and is mostly pictures rather than text. That is very generous on one hand but at a price. But the cost is reason to not just buy out of impulse. It is currently new online for at little as $65 to $92, and is $135 (list price) largely because of the enormous costs per unit in printing so many reproductions at such a large scale. The people who did the separations, the book. 5 (list price) largely because of the enormous costs per unit in printing so many reproductions at such a large scale. The people who did the separations, the book. Keira Myers said Not worth the money. I had to get this for a class in Renaissance Landscape Painting. It is okay, it feels like a museum catalogue that goes through things in a very brief way, centering on particular pieces rather than a whole overview of the media and time period and whatnot. Very much like a museum catalogue. I would recommend it only if it was a quarter of the price or less. Definitely not worth the money.
Buttner's sweeping history unfolds century by century, country by country, beginning with a first-century B.C.E. From Booklist From Greek pastorals to the romantic drama of the Hudson River school, artists have envisioned landscapes as emblems of the divine, images of dominion, or reflections of inner worlds. Roman fresco and concluding with Georgia O'Keeffe. The story of landscape painting is in many ways the story of Western civilization itself, as artists contrast the menace and glory of wilderness with the bounty and safety of c
Artists represented from the twentieth century include Matisse, Picasso, Klee, Magritte, Georgia O’Keeffe, Andrew Wyeth, and David Hockney. This fresh vision of landscape artists is certain to be welcomed by art historians and museum-goers, as well anyone else interested in Western art.. These artists are followed by plein-air painters, Impressionists, and Post-Impressionists, among them Manet, Monet, Sisley, Renoir, Cézanne, Seurat, van Gogh, and Rousseau. In this sweeping treasury of Western art, distin