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Different Views in Hudson River School Painting
Judith Hansen O´toole
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Description for Different Views in Hudson River School Painting
Paperback. Examines the Hudson River School artists' practice of creating thematically related pairs and series of paintings. This volume reveals the subtleties of the works and discusses their shared iconography, the ways in which artists responded to one another's paintings, and how the paintings reflected 19th-century American cultural and social milieus. Num Pages: 160 pages, colour illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1KBBEJ; 1KBBEY; ACV; AFC; AGN. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 283 x 12. Weight in Grams: 771.
Hudson River School artists shared an awe of the magnificence of nature as well as a belief that the untamed American scenery reflected the national character. In this new work, color reproductions of more than 115 paintings capture the beauty and illuminate the aesthetic and philosophical principles of the Hudson River School painters. The pieces included in this volume reflect a period (1825-1875) when American landscape painting was most thoroughly explored and formalized with personal, artistic, cultural, and national identifications. Judith Hansen O'Toole reveals the subtleties and quiet majesty of the works and discusses their shared iconography, the ways in ... Read more
Hudson River School artists shared an awe of the magnificence of nature as well as a belief that the untamed American scenery reflected the national character. In this new work, color reproductions of more than 115 paintings capture the beauty and illuminate the aesthetic and philosophical principles of the Hudson River School painters. The pieces included in this volume reflect a period (1825-1875) when American landscape painting was most thoroughly explored and formalized with personal, artistic, cultural, and national identifications. Judith Hansen O'Toole reveals the subtleties and quiet majesty of the works and discusses their shared iconography, the ways in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231138215
SKU
V9780231138215
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About Judith Hansen O´toole
Judith Hansen O'Toole is director and CEO of the Westmoreland Museum of American Art in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, and the author of a book on the nineteenth-century still-life painter Severin Roesen. Published in association with Westmoreland Museum of American Art.
Reviews for Different Views in Hudson River School Painting
An expansive and beautifully presented anthology of the art and the artists who pioneered the first native style of American landscape painting...A perfect edition to personal, academic, and community library Art History collections, Different Views in Hudson River School Painting is very highly recommended and informative reading.
Michael J. Carson The Midwest Book Review
Michael J. Carson The Midwest Book Review