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Picturesque and Sublime: Thomas Cole's Trans-Atlantic Inheritance - Couverture souple

Barringer, Tim; Forrester, Gillian; Lynford, Sophie; Raab, Jennifer; Robbins, Nicholas

 
9780300233537: Picturesque and Sublime: Thomas Cole's Trans-Atlantic Inheritance
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0300233531 ISBN 13 : 9780300233537
Editeur : Yale University Press, 2018

Synopsis

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 picturesque and sublime through print media. Cole transformed British and continental European traditions to create a distinctive American form of landscape painting. The authors here explore the role of prints as agents of artistic transmission and look closely at how Cole’s own creative process was driven by works on paper such as drawings, notebooks, letters, and manuscripts. Also considered is the importance of the parallel works of William Guy Wall, best known for his pioneering Hudson River Portfolio. Beautifully illustrated with works on paper ranging from watercolors to etchings, mezzotints, aquatints, engravings, and lithographs, as well as notable paintings, this book offers important insights into Cole’s formulation of a profound new category in art—the American sublime.


Published in association with the Thomas Cole National Historic Site


Exhibition Schedule:

Thomas Cole National Historic Site
(05/01/18–11/04/18)

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À propos de l'auteur

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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Éditeur
Yale University Press
Date d'édition
2018
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0300233531
ISBN 13 
9780300233537
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
179
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Personne responsable
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