Item Number: 135702 Title: Seeing Nature : Landscape Masterworks from the Paul G. Allen Family Collection Author: Ferriso, Brian J. (et al) Price: Not Available ISBN: 9780295995229 Description: Portland: Portland Art Museum, University of Washington Press, 2015. 28cm., hardcover, 168pp., 60 color illus. Summary: The artists in the collection represent a who's who of masters of the landscape tradition. The book opens with a series of masterpieces by Jan Brueghel that serve as a starting point for understanding the historical trajectory of landscape painting, before moving on to 18th-century artists Canaletto and Moran and Impressionists such as Cezanne, Van Gogh, and Monet. Rounding out the survey are works by modern and contemporary visionaries including Max Ernst, Thomas Hart Benton, Edward Hopper, and David Hockney. Thirty-nine paintings in all are featured in book, each accompanied by detailed essays that comprise a full discussion of the formal intellectual development of the landscape form. We regret to inform you that this title is no longer available. P.O. Box 3904, Kingston, New York 12402 US Phone: 845-331-8519 Fax: 845-331-0852 Email: michael@artbooks.com |
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