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Landscape is probably the most popular type of painting, but anyone who has ever been disappointed by vacation photographs knows how difficult it is to turn a view into a picture. This book shows how artists in past centuries translated outdoor space and light into paint, and how landscape imagery evolved from mere ornament into a visual metaphor of the human condition. The story is told from its beginnings in Roman mural decoration, through the Renaissance transformation of landscape into a vehicle for feelings and ideas, to the Impressionist revolution and beyond. The continuing relevance of art to how we see the world, and our place in it, is demonstrated through a practical discussion of optics of real and painted landscape, illustrated with works from the National Gallery, London. Published by National Gallery, London/Distributed by Yale University Press
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A Closer Look: Landscape, Erika Langmuir
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- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2018
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- Titel
- A Closer Look: Landscape
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Autor*innen
- Erika Langmuir
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2018
- Einband
- Paperback
- Seitenzahl
- 96
- ISBN10
- 1857096274
- ISBN13
- 9781857096279
- Reihe
- Schlagwörter
- Kunst & Kultur, Hobby, Bildende Kunst, Kunst, Altertum, Emotionen, London, Land, Landschaft, Nationale Galerie
- Beschreibung
- Landscape is probably the most popular type of painting, but anyone who has ever been disappointed by vacation photographs knows how difficult it is to turn a view into a picture. This book shows how artists in past centuries translated outdoor space and light into paint, and how landscape imagery evolved from mere ornament into a visual metaphor of the human condition. The story is told from its beginnings in Roman mural decoration, through the Renaissance transformation of landscape into a vehicle for feelings and ideas, to the Impressionist revolution and beyond. The continuing relevance of art to how we see the world, and our place in it, is demonstrated through a practical discussion of optics of real and painted landscape, illustrated with works from the National Gallery, London. Published by National Gallery, London/Distributed by Yale University Press