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Nine Letters on Landscape Painting
. Carus
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Paperback. Carl Gustav Carus (1789-1869) - court physician to the King of Saxony - was a naturalist, amateur painter and theoretician of landscape painting, whose "Nine Letters on Landscape Painting" is an important document of early German Romanticism and an appeal for the integration of art and science. Translator(s): Britt, David. Series: Texts & Documents. Num Pages: 200 pages, 26 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; ACVC; AGB; AGN; AGZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 180 x 255 x 18. Weight in Grams: 500.
Carl Gustav Carus (1789-1869) - court physician to the King of Saxony - was a naturalist, amateur painter and theoretician of landscape painting whose "Nine Letters on Landscape Painting" is an important document of early German Romanticism and an appeal for the integration of art and science. Carus was inspired by and had contacts with the greatest German intellectuals of his day. He prefaced his work with a letter from his correspondence with Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, who was his primary mentor in both science and art. His writings also reflect, however, the influence of the German natural philosopher, Friedrich ... Read more
Carl Gustav Carus (1789-1869) - court physician to the King of Saxony - was a naturalist, amateur painter and theoretician of landscape painting whose "Nine Letters on Landscape Painting" is an important document of early German Romanticism and an appeal for the integration of art and science. Carus was inspired by and had contacts with the greatest German intellectuals of his day. He prefaced his work with a letter from his correspondence with Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, who was his primary mentor in both science and art. His writings also reflect, however, the influence of the German natural philosopher, Friedrich ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Series
Texts & Documents
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
Los Angeles, United States
ISBN
9780892366743
SKU
V9780892366743
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About . Carus
Oskar Batschmann is professor of art history at the Universitat Bern, Switzerland, and the author of The Artist in the Modern World.
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