Main entry:

Wilton, Andrew.

Title & Author:

American sublime : landscape painting in the United States, 1820-1880 / Andrew Wilton & Tim Barringer.

Publication:

London : Tate, 2002.

Description:

284 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm

Notes:
Published to accompany an exhibition at Tate Britain, London, 21 February - 19 May 2002.
Published to accompany an exhibition at Tate Britain, London, 21 February - 19 May 2002 and touring to Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 17 June-25 August, 2002, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 22 September-17 November 2002.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The sublime in the old world and the new / Andrew Wilton -- The course of empires : landscape and identity in America and Britain, 1820-1880 / Tim Barringer -- [Catalogue] Wilderness -- The course of empire -- The still small voice -- "Awful grandeur" -- Painting from nature -- A transcendental vision -- Explorations -- The great West -- Biographies of the artists / Graham C. Boettcher.

Summary:

The painters who came to be known as the Hudson River School -Thomas Cole, Asher B. Durand, Frederic Edwin Church, Jasper Cropsey, Sanford Robinson Gifford, and others - found inspiration in our young country's natural wonders and were the first to paint many of its still-wild vistas. As America was settled and the wilderness receded, their successors - most notably Albert Bierstadt and Thomas Moran - carried their quest for the sublime to the Far West, communicating its breathtaking grandeur in brilliant views of Rocky Mountain peaks, roaring waterfalls, and vast canyons. Within a single generation these artists established the dramatic approach to American landscape painting that is celebrated in this stirringly beautiful book. The freshness of their vision, the intensity of their invention, and the energy of their execution were all born of the urgency these artists sensed in the life of America itself. Published to accompany a major transatlantic exhibition, American Sublime rejoices in America the Beautiful as seen in some of the country's most glorious landscape paintings. It contains a fully illustrated catalogue of all the paintings in the exhibition, with more than one hundred color plates, including three gatefolds. Biographies of the artists are included, and thoughtful and elegantly written essays cast new light on their ambitions and achievements. The lucid text places American landscape painting in the context of the international art world and of the European landscape tradition. And it explores ideas of national identity and empire in America, looking in particular at how these landscapes, whether real or imagined, reflect Americans' hopes and fears for their country. As a tribute to some of our most important American artists and the land that inspired them, this stunningly illustrated book will have a deep and wide appeal.

ISBN:

1854373870
9781854373878
0691096708 (br)
9780691096704 (br)

Subject:

Landscape painting, American.
Landscape painting, American 19th century.
Peinture de paysages américaine 19e siècle Expositions.
Peinture de paysages américaine.
Peinture de paysages américaine 19e siècle.
Landschapschilderkunst.
Peinture de paysages États-Unis.
Peinture américaine 19e siècle Histoire et critique.

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogues.
Exhibition catalogs.
catalogs (documents)
Catalogs.
Catalogues.

Added entries:

Barringer, T. J.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 221960
Call No.: ND1351.5 W5 2002
Status: Available