A CLOSER LOOK: LANDSCAPE

LANGMUIR, ERIKA

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ISBN:978-1-85709-627-9
EAN:9781857096279
Editorial: NATIONAL GALLERY OF LONDON
Fecha de la edición:2018
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Encuadernación:RUSTICA
Nº Pág.:96
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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.