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Unruly Nature - The Landscapes of Theofire Rousseau
Scott Allan
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Description for Unruly Nature - The Landscapes of Theofire Rousseau
Hardback. An elegantly conceived book on the revolutionary and stunning works of a nineteenth- century French master. Num Pages: 224 pages, 140 color and 15 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: ACV; AFC; AGB; AGN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 291 x 253 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1524.
The odore Rousseau (1812-1867), arguably the most important French landscape artist of the mid-nineteenth century and a leader of the so-called Barbizon School, occupies a crucial moment of transition from the idealizing effects of academic painting to the radically modern vision of the Impressionists. He was an experimental artist who rejected the traditional historical, biblical, or literary subject matter in favor of unruly nature, a Romantic naturalism that confounded his contemporaries with its bizarre compositional and coloristic innovations. Lavishly illustrated and thoroughly documented, this volume includes five essays by experts in the field. Scott Allan ... Read more
The odore Rousseau (1812-1867), arguably the most important French landscape artist of the mid-nineteenth century and a leader of the so-called Barbizon School, occupies a crucial moment of transition from the idealizing effects of academic painting to the radically modern vision of the Impressionists. He was an experimental artist who rejected the traditional historical, biblical, or literary subject matter in favor of unruly nature, a Romantic naturalism that confounded his contemporaries with its bizarre compositional and coloristic innovations. Lavishly illustrated and thoroughly documented, this volume includes five essays by experts in the field. Scott Allan ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Los Angeles, United States
ISBN
9781606064771
SKU
V9781606064771
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About Scott Allan
Scott Allan is associate curator of paintings at the J. Paul Getty Museum. douard Kopp is associate curator of drawings at the Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA. Line Clausen Pedersen is curator of modern art at the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek in Copenhagen.
Reviews for Unruly Nature - The Landscapes of Theofire Rousseau
Lavishly illustrated... highly recommended.
Choice [This] excellent catalogue ... guide[s] us a considerable way down the path to enlightenment.
Burlington Magazine
Choice [This] excellent catalogue ... guide[s] us a considerable way down the path to enlightenment.
Burlington Magazine