Landscape Into Art

Kenneth Clark

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Language: English

Published by Harper & Row, Publishers: Icon Editions, New York, NY, 1979

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First Edition Thus (1979) . Very Good+ in Wraps: shows indications of very careful use: ; a hint of a crease to the upper corners; the binding leans ever so slightly but remains secure; the text is clean. Free of creases to the back-strip. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome, carefully-used copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing minor, unobtrusive imperfections. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club or Ex-Library. Large 8vo (9.65 x 6.75 x 0.65 inches) . Index. Profusely illustrated with 124 duotone plates and 8 color plates. White self-wraps with black & grey titles at the front panel and backstrip and illustrated front panel. Language: English. Weight: 22.5 ounces. This title was first published in the UK in 1949 and a new edition was published in hardcover in 1976. Paperback. An expanded edition of the eminent art historian's 1949 work relates four modes of depicting landscapes to nineteenth-century painting and considers the future of landscape painting. Among many honours, Kenneth Clark was knighted at the unusually young age of thirty-five, and three decades later was made a life peer shortly before the first transmission of his acclaimed BBC Television series 'Civilisation'. Three decades after his death, Clark was celebrated in an exhibition at Tate Britain in London, prompting a reappraisal of his career by a new generation of critics and historians, during which his skill as a writer and his enthusiasm for popularising the arts were widely recognised. Both the BBC and the Tate described him in retrospect as one of the most influential figures in British art of the twentieth century. This is an engaging read. It describes the history of western landscape painting, from medieval manuscripts up through the neoimpressionists, Van Gogh and Cezanne. It considers both "realism" and fantasy landscapes, and demonstrates how the depiction of light was always an essential aspect of the portrayal of landscapes, long certainly before the Impressionists. It explains why Constable is the great progenitor, and what was new, and what was not, in the impressionists. He's a gracious and knowledgable writer. A classic of the genre. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 248 pages First Edition Thus [1979], Third Printing (1986); First Printing.…

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Title
Landscape Into Art
Author
Kenneth Clark
Publisher
Harper & Row, Publishers: Icon Editions, New York, NY
Publication year
1979
Condition
Very Good+
Binding
Paperback
Language
English
ISBN 10
0064300889
ISBN 13
9780064300889
Edition
1st Edition

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