Picturesque and Sublime
Thomas Cole's Trans-Atlantic Inheritance
$42.98
- Paperback
192 pages
- Release Date
6 March 2018
Summary
Landscape art in the early 19th century was guided by two rival concepts: the picturesque, which emphasized touristic pleasures and visual delight, and the sublime, an aesthetic category rooted in notions of fear and danger. British artists including J.M.W. Turner and John Constable raised landscape painting to new heights and their work reached global audiences through the circulation of engravings. Thomas Cole, born in England, emigrated to the United States in 1818, and first absorbed the …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780300233537 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0300233531 |
| Author: | Tim Barringer, Gillian Forrester, Jennifer Raab |
| Publisher: | Yale University Press |
| Imprint: | Yale University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 6 March 2018 |
| Weight: | 1.18kg |
| Dimensions: | 279mm x 229mm |
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About The Author
Tim Barringer
Tim Barringer is Paul Mellon Professor in the History of Art at Yale University.
Gillian Forrester is senior curator of historic fine art at the Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester.
Jennifer Raab is assistant professor in the history of art at Yale University.
Sophie Lynford and Nicholas Robbins are doctoral candidates in the history of art at Yale University.
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