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

A propos de l'auteur

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.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Erika Langmuir
• Edition: National gallery publ.ltd
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 28.02.2018
• EAN: 9781857096279
• ISBN: 978-1-85709-627-9
• Pages: 96
• Thèmes: A Closer Look; Closer Look; National Gallery London Publications; A Closer Look; Closer Look
• Catégorie: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Art