A luminous land : artists discover Greece / Richard Stoneman.

Main entry:

Stoneman, Richard.

Title & Author:

A luminous land : artists discover Greece / Richard Stoneman.

Publication:

Description:

ix, 178 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 24 x 28 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 170-172) and index.
Chronological table -- Map of Greece -- Introduction: Seeing Greece -- Athens -- Attica and Aegina -- Peloponnese -- Ionian Islands -- Central, Western, and Northern Greece -- Aegean Islands and Crete -- Biographical sketches of artists -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgements.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

Watercolors, paintings, etchings, and drawings inspired by artists' visits to Greece. An anthology of depictions of Greece compiled from private and public collections around the world. The color and b & w images are framed by text which explores the changing attitude of travelers to Greece from medieval to modern times as well as the relationship of artists to Greece, with particular emphasis upon the German painters of the 1830s and their pupils. A number of the selections relate to the historic events surrounding the War of Independence. 9.5x11.

Resources:
Getty Publications Virtual Library
Publisher description
Online version available via the Getty publications virtual library

ISBN:

089236467X
9780892364671

Subject:

Europa
Vedutenmalerei Geschichte 1800,ca.-1850,ca.
20.21 iconographic themes.
Travel.
Kunst
Reise
Griechenland
Beeldende kunsten.
Arte grega (historiografia;descrição e viagens)
Pintura (descrição e viagens) Grécia.
Greece in art.
Architecture grecque Histoire.
Greece In art.
Greece Description and travel.
Athen Ansichten.
Grèce Descriptions et voyages.
Greece.
GrÉcia (DescriÇÃo E Viagens)
Grèce Dans l'art.
Griechenland (Motiv)
1750-1849

Form/genre:

Bildband.
Art.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 197385
Call No.: ID N8214.5.G8.S76; ID:98-B1502
Status: Available

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