Description |
96 pages : color illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm |
Contents |
Views of nature and visions of the world -- The Month of February, fol. 2v of 'Très Riches Heures,'Duc de Berry Collection / Jean, Paul and Herman De Limbourg -- Hieronymus Bosch. Paradise (left panel of the triptych 'Garden of Earthly Delights,' interior) -- Titian(?). Country Concert (Concert champetre) -- Joachim Patinir. Landscape with St. Jerome -- Albrecht Altdorfer. The Battle of Alexander at Issus --Paolo Caliari. Narrow wall of the Stanza del Cane in Villa Barbaro -- Pieter Bruegel. Hunters in the Snow -- El Greco. View of Toledo (Storm over Toledo) -- Joos De Momper. Landscape with Grotto -- Adam Elsheimer. The Flight into Egypt -- Rembrandt Harmensz Van Rijn. Stormy Landscape -- Frans Post. Brazilian Landscape with Anteater -- Claude Gellée. Idyllic Landscape with the Flight into Egypt -- Jacob Van Ruisdael. The Mill at Wijk near Duurstede -- Joseph Anton Koch. Heroic Landscape with Rainbow -- Caspar David Friedrich. The Wandere above the Sea of Fog -- John Constable. The Lock -- William Turner. Rain, Steam, and Speed - The Great Western Railway -- Eugène Delacroix. Landscape with Setting Sun (Etude de Ciel au soleil couchant) -- Albert Bierstadt. Yosemite Valley at Sunset -- |
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Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot. The Solitude, Recollection of Vigen, Limousin -- James Abbott Mcneill Whistler. Nocturne in Blue and Gold: Old Battersea Bridge -- Arnold Böcklin. The Island of the Dead -- Vincent Van Gogh. Starry Night -- Claude Monet. Poplars. Three Pink Trees in Autumn -- Paul Gauguin. Tahitian Landscape with Mountains -- Paul Cézanne. La Montagne Sainte-Victoire -- Georges Braque. Landscape (The Valley) -- Paul Klee. Kairuan, 1914, 42 -- Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. Tinzenhorn, Zugenschlucht near Monstein -- Max Beckmann. Mountain Lake with Swans -- Salvador Dali. The Great Paranoiac -- Yves Tanguy. Day of Indolence -- Andy Warhol. Do it Yourself (Landscape) -- David Hockney. Nichols Canyon |
Summary |
"The landscape has been, for many centuries, one of the most important genres in painting. This book examines the landscape from the late Middle Ages to modern times, comprising a synopsis of the genre and covering a selection of the most important landscapes in the history of art. From Titian to Warhol, readers will discover the evolution of this popular genre." -- Publisher's website |
Notes |
"Back to visual basics"--Rear flap |
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Translated from the German by John William Gabriel |
Subject |
Landscape painting -- History and criticism.
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Landscape painting -- History.
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Landscape painting -- Technique.
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Landscape painting.
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Painting -- Appreciation.
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Author |
Gabriel, John William.
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ISBN |
9783822854662 (paperback) |
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