A Closer Look: Landscape: (A Closer Look)
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Erika Langmuir (Author)
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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.
Published by National Gallery, London/Distributed by Yale University Press 80 color illus.
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.
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- Contributor: Erika Langmuir
- Imprint: National Gallery Company Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781857096279
- Number of Pages: 96
- Packaged Dimensions: 146x210mm
- Packaged Weight: 227
- Format: Paperback
- Publisher: National Gallery Company Ltd
- Release Date: 2018-02-20
- Series: A Closer Look
- Binding: Paperback / softback
- Biography: 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.
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