Landscape and Western Art
Author | : Malcolm Andrews |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 1999 |
ISBN-10 | : 0192842331 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780192842336 |
Rating | : 4/5 (336 Downloads) |
Download or read book Landscape and Western Art written by Malcolm Andrews and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1999 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores many issues raised by the range of ideas and images of the natural world in Western art since the Renaissance. The whole concept of landscape is examined as a representation of the relationship between the human and natural worlds. Featured artists include Claude, Freidrich, Turner, Cole and Ruisdael, and many different forms of landscape art are addressed, such as land art, painting, photography, garden design, panorama and cartography.