Hudson River School: Masterworks from the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
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| Rating | : | 4.18 (872 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0300101163 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 180 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-01-13 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Hudson River School paintings are among America's most admired and well-loved artworks. The book also includes artists' biographies and a brief introduction to American 19th-century landscape painting and the Wadsworth Atheneum's unique role in collecting Hudson River pictures.. the Hudson River School. Such artists as Thomas Cole, Frederic Church, and Albert Bierstadt left a powerful legacy to American art, embodying in their epic works the reverence for nature and the national idealism that prevailed during the middle of the 19th century. This book features 57 major Hudson River School paintings from the collection of the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford, Connecticut. Each work is beautifully reproduced in full colour and is accompanied by a concise description of its significance and historical background
From the Publisher This book accompanies an exhibition that travels to the Cantor Center for Visual Arts, Stanford University (October 8, 2003 to January 18, 2004); the Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh (February 21 to May 9, 2004); the North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh (June 6 to August 29, 2004); the Dayton Art Institute, Ohio (September 2004 to January 2005); and the Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma (February 6 to April 24, 2005). Published in association with the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
. Elizabeth Mankin Kornhauser is Curator of American Paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
A Native Art Form HMS Warspite 2003's "Hudson River School" is the catalogue, in hardcover, of a remarkable exhibition of art by the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art. The book contains a brief introduction to the Hudson River School genre of nature scenes and landscapes, popularized by a group of American artists in the mid-19th century. The catalogue itself offers color plates of 57 paintings by a variety of artists, including, among others, Albert Bierstadt, Frederic Church, William Bradford, and John Kensit. The sections are organi. Clavi10 said Five Stars. Beautifully produced though could use a table of contents.. Superb Book If this isn't the definitive collection on the Hudson River School, then it has to be a leading contender for that title.This is a quality piece of work: bound in green linen cloth with a sewn binding, a heavy dustjacket, and a very satisfying level of reproduction. And it isn't a "coffee table" book with semi-cheap too-glossy illustrations that weighs 6 pounds. Text accompanies each image: biographical and aesthetic background on the painter and/or the painting's location, historical significance, influ