American Wilderness : The Story of the Hudson River School of Painting by Barbara B. Millhouse (2007, Perfect)

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PublisherBlack Dome Press, Corporation
ISBN-101883789575
ISBN-139781883789572
eBay Product ID (ePID)61077476

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Book TitleAmerican Wilderness : the Story of the HUDSON RIVER School of Painting
Number of Pages194 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2007
TopicGeneral, American / General, History / General
IllustratorYes
GenreArt
AuthorBarbara B. Millhouse
FormatPerfect

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Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight21 Oz
Item Length9.4 in
Item Width8.4 in

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LCCN2007-023187
SynopsisMore than 40 full-color reproductions of some of their greatest paintings illustrate this historical overview of the Hudson River School of landscape painting and the lives and works of artists Thomas Cole, Frederic Church, Asher Durand, Sanford Gifford, Albert Bierstadt, Jasper Cropsey, Worthington Whittredge, William Merritt Chase, Martin Johnson Heade, John Frederick Kensett, George Inness, and other American landscape painters who created a new'and quintessentially American'style of art in the early and mid-19th century. Inspired first by the pastoral Hudson River Valley and the rugged wilderness of the Catskill Mountains, many of these artists then ventured forth to capture unspoiled scenes of the American West, New England, or South America. This critical history and intimate look at the lives of the artists features a foreword by Kevin Avery, Associate Curator of American Paintings and Sculpture at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and is set in a beautifully designed oversized vo, More than 40 full-color reproductions of some of their greatest paintings illustrate this historical overview of the Hudson River School of landscape painting and the lives and works of artists Thomas Cole, Frederic Church, Asher Durand, Sanford Gifford, Albert Bierstadt, Jasper Cropsey, Worthington Whittredge, William Merritt Chase, Martin Johnson Heade, John Frederick Kensett, George Inness, and other American landscape painters who created a new¿and quintessentially American¿style of art in the early and mid-19th century. Inspired first by the pastoral Hudson River Valley and the rugged wilderness of the Catskill Mountains, many of these artists then ventured forth to capture unspoiled scenes of the American West, New England, or South America. This critical history and intimate look at the lives of the artists features a foreword by Kevin Avery, Associate Curator of American Paintings and Sculpture at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and is set in a beautifully designed oversized volume.
LC Classification NumberND1351.5.L37 2007

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