| Description |
vii, 248 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Oxford history of art |
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Oxford history of art.
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| Contents |
1. Land into landscape -- 2. Subject or setting?: landscape and renaissance painting -- 3. Landscape as amenity -- 4. Topography and the beau ideal -- 5. Framing the view -- 6. 'Astonished beyond expression': landscape, the sublime, and the unpresentable -- 7. Landscape and politics -- 8. Nature as picture or process? -- 9. Landscape into land: earth works, art, and environment |
| Summary |
What is landscape? How does it differ from "land"? Does landscape always imply something to be pictured, a scene? When and why did we begin to cherish images of nature? What is "nature"? Is it everything that isn't art, or artifact? By addressing these and many other questions, Landscape and Western Art explores the myriad ideas and images of the natural world in Western art since the Renaissance. Implying that land is the raw material, and that art is created by turning land into landscape, which then becomes art, author Malcolm Andrews takes the reader on a thematic tour of the fascinating and challenging issues of landscape as art. The books broad sweep covers the full, rich spectrum of landscape art, including painting, gardening, panorama, poetry, photography, and art. Artistic issues are investigated in connection with Western cultural movements, and within a full international and historical context |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Landscapes in art -- History.
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Landscapes -- Philosophy.
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Landscapes in art.
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Nature (Aesthetics)
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Nature (Aesthetics) -- History.
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Nature (Aesthetics) -- Philosophy.
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Nature in art -- Philosophy.
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| LC no. |
00267839 |
| ISBN |
0192100467 |
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0192842331 (paperback) |
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