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Picturing the Americas: Landscape Painting from Tierra del Fuego to the Arctic
Peter John Brownlee
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Description for Picturing the Americas: Landscape Painting from Tierra del Fuego to the Arctic
Hardback. A bold and richly illustrated survey of the traditions and stylistic evolution of landscape painting in the Americas Editor(s): Brownlee, Peter John; Piccoli, Valeria; Uhlyarik, Georgiana. Num Pages: 280 pages, 260 color illus. BIC Classification: 1K; ACV; ACXD; AFC; AGN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 290 x 319. Weight in Grams: 1604.
A bold and richly illustrated survey of the traditions and stylistic evolution of landscape painting in the Americas
As nations in the Americas gained independence in the early 19th century, a pictorial landscape tradition emerged. By 1840, landscape painting had become the primary medium for articulating conceptions of land and nation in the development of North and South American cultural identity. Picturing the Americas offers the first comprehensive treatment of this genre on both American continents, bringing into dialogue the landscape traditions of artists practicing between 1840 and 1940.
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A bold and richly illustrated survey of the traditions and stylistic evolution of landscape painting in the Americas
As nations in the Americas gained independence in the early 19th century, a pictorial landscape tradition emerged. By 1840, landscape painting had become the primary medium for articulating conceptions of land and nation in the development of North and South American cultural identity. Picturing the Americas offers the first comprehensive treatment of this genre on both American continents, bringing into dialogue the landscape traditions of artists practicing between 1840 and 1940.
The catalogue is brilliantly illustrated ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300211504
SKU
V9780300211504
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About Peter John Brownlee
Peter John Brownlee is associate curator, Terra Foundation for American Art, Chicago. Valéria Piccoli is chief curator, Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, Brazil. Georgiana Uhlyarik is associate curator of Canadian art, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto.
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