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A Closer Look: Landscape
Contributor(s): Langmuir, Erika (Author)

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 ISBN: 1857096274     ISBN-13: 9781857096279
Publisher: National Gallery London
OUR PRICE: $14.25  

Binding Type: Paperback
Published: May 2018
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BISAC Categories:
- Art | Subjects & Themes - Landscapes & Seascapes
- Art | Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions - Permanent
Series: Closer Look
Physical Information: 0.3" H x 6" W x 8.2" L (0.40 lbs) 96 pages
 
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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.
 
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