A Closer Look - Landscape

Landscape is probably the most popular type of painting, but anyone who has ever been disappointed by vacation photographs knows how difficult it is to turn a view into a picture.  This book shows how artists in past centuries translated outdoor space and light into paint, and how landscape imagery evolved from mere ornament into a visual metaphor of the human condition.  The story is told from its beginnings in Roman mural decoration, through the Renaissance transformation of landscape into a vehicle for feelings and ideas, to the Impressionist revolution and beyond.  The continuing relevance of art to how we see the world, and our place in it, is demonstrated through a practical discussion of optics of real and painted landscape, illustrated with works from the National Gallery, London.  Published by National Gallery, London/Distributed by Yale University Press

About the author

Erika Langmuir (1931-2015) was formerly chair of art history at the Open University and was head of education at the National Gallery, London, from 1988 to 1995.

Product details

• Authors: Erika Langmuir
• Publisher: National gallery publ.ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2018
• EAN: 9781857096279
• ISBN: 978-1-85709-627-9
• No. of pages: 96
• Series: A Closer Look; Closer Look; National Gallery London Publications; A Closer Look; Closer Look
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art