A Closer Look: Landscape

Author:   Erika Langmuir
Publisher:   National Gallery Company Ltd
ISBN:  

9781857096279


Pages:   96
Publication Date:   20 February 2018
Format:   Paperback
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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

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Author:   Erika Langmuir
Publisher:   National Gallery Company Ltd
Imprint:   National Gallery Company Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 14.60cm , Height: 0.10cm , Length: 21.00cm
Weight:   0.227kg
ISBN:  

9781857096279


ISBN 10:   1857096274
Pages:   96
Publication Date:   20 February 2018
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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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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