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PublisherGiles The Limited, D.

ISBN-10190780496X

ISBN-139781907804960

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Book TitleRockies and the Alps : Bierstadt, Calame and the Romance of the Mountains

Number of Pages176 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2018

TopicSubjects & Themes / Landscapes & Seascapes

IllustratorYes

GenreArt

AuthorIhor Holubizky

FormatHardcover

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Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight0.4 Oz

Item Length11 in

Item Width9.4 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition23

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Decimal704.943678

Table Of ContentLenders to the Exhibition Foreword by Steven Kern Acknowledgments by Katherine Manthorne and Tricia Laughlin Bloom Close to the Soil: The Newark Museum's Landscape Painting and Natural Science Collections by Tricia Laughlin Bloom Julie to Frankenstein to Heidi: The Alps in the European Imagination by Patricia Mainardi Painting the Rockies, Invoking the Alps: American Artists and Their Romance with Mountains by Katherine Manthorne Nature, God, and Hashish: Fitz Hugh Ludlow's Travels with Albert Bierstadt by James M. Saslow Notes Selected Bibliography Index Photo Credits

SynopsisInspired by the grandeur of the Rockies and the Alps, American and European artists strove to capture their power in paint. Landscapes of soaring peaks and spectacular vistas became increasingly popular in the mid-nineteenth century, when photographers, scientists, and armchair travelers were awakening to these wonders. Artistic interests coincided with the rise of tourism, as improved transportation and accommodations made mountains and glaciers more accessible. This richly illustrated volume brings together dazzling depictions of the Rockies and the Alps, while examining the dialogue between artists who visited and recorded these geographically distant ranges. Two key figures highlighted are Swiss painter Alexandre Calame (1810-1864), frequently identified with Alpine views of torrents, glaciers, and gorges, and Albert Bierstadt (1830-1902), whose impressive canvases often provided American audiences with their first glimpse of the Rockies and the western frontier. Their contemporaries included J.M.W. Turner, John Ruskin, painters of the Hudson River School Thomas Cole, Worthington Whittredge, and John F. Kensett, and photographers Carleton Watkins and Eadweard Muybridge. The Rockies and the Alps features contributions by four outstanding scholars who investigate how geology, flora and fauna, and social and literary contexts relate to the rise of alpine landscape painting. Each essay explores the close connections among these artists and diverse layers of symbolism these mountain images carried, revealing how the same landscape paintings that became archetypal symbols of American identity were in fact the product of a dialogue between American and European artists., Brings together dazzling depictions of awe-inspiring mountain scenery, by American and European artists of the mid-nineteenth century., Inspired by the grandeur of the Rockies and the Alps, American and European artists strove to capture their power in paint. Landscapes of soaring peaks and spectacular vistas became increasingly popular in the mid-nineteenth century, when photographers, scientists, and armchair travelers were awakening to these wonders. Artistic interests coincided with the rise of tourism, as improved transportation and accommodations made mountains and glaciers more accessible. This richly illustrated volume brings togetherdazzling depictions of the Rockies and the Alps, while examining the dialogue between artists who visited and recorded these geographically distant ranges. Two key figures highlighted are Swiss painter Alexandre Calame (1810-1864), frequently identified with Alpine views of torrents, glaciers, and gorges, and Albert Bierstadt (1830-1902), whose impressive canvases often provided American audiences with their first glimpse of the Rockies and the western frontier. Their contemporaries included J.M.W. Turner, John Ruskin, painters of the Hudson River School Thomas Cole, Worthington Whittredge, and John F. Kensett, and photographers Carleton Watkins and Eadweard Muybridge. The Rockies and the Alps features contributions by four outstanding scholars who investigate how geology, flora and fauna, and social and literary contexts relate to the rise of alpine landscape painting. Each essay explores the close connections among these artists and diverse layers of symbolism these mountain images carried, revealing how the same landscape paintings that became archetypal symbols of American identity were in fact the product of a dialogue between American and European artists.