Picturesque and Sublime: Thomas Cole's Trans-Atlantic Inheritance

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Published by Thomas Cole National Historic Site in association with Yale University Press, Catskill, NY and New Haven, CT, 2018

0300233531 / 9780300233537

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x, 179 pages, illustrations (some colour), facsimiles; 28 cm. Catalogue of an exhibition of the same name held at Thomas Cole National Historic Site in Catskill, New York from May 1 to November 4, 2018. BRAND NEW. A fine copy. Still in publisher's shrinkwrap. OVERSIZE! Additional shipping charges may be requested for international & priority orders. *** "Landscape art in the early 19th century was guided by two rival concepts: the picturesque, which emphasized touristic pleasures and visual delight, and the sublime, an aesthetic category rooted in notions of fear and danger. British artists including J.M.W. Turner and John Constable raised landscape painting to new heights and their work reached global audiences through the circulation of engravings. Thomas Cole, born in England, emigrated to the United States in 1818, and first absorbed the picturesque and sublime through print media. Cole transformed British and continental European traditions to create a distinctive American form of landscape painting. The authors here explore the role of prints as agents of artistic transmission and look closely at how Cole's own creative process was driven by works on paper such as drawings, notebooks, letters, and manuscripts. Also considered is the importance of the parallel works of William Guy Wall, best known for his pioneering Hudson River Portfolio. Beautifully illustrated with works on paper ranging from watercolors to etchings, mezzotints, aquatints, engravings, and lithographs, as well as notable paintings, this book offers important insights into Cole's formulation of a profound new category in art--the American sublime." - Publisher. *** CONTENTS: An Inheritance in Print: Thomas Cole and the Aesthetics of Landscape, by Tim Barringer and Jennifer Raab; Working Papers: Thomas Cole's Early Drawings and Notebooks, by Nicholas Robbins; Idyllic and Industrial Visions: Thomas Cole, William Guy Wall, and the Hudson River, by Sophie Lynfold, by Catalogue, by Origins, by Picturesque, by Sublime, by Trans-Atlantic Inheritance. Size: 4to.

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Title
Picturesque and Sublime: Thomas Cole's Trans-Atlantic Inheritance
Author
Barringer, Tim, and Forrester, Gillian, and Lynford, Sophie, and Raab, Jennifer, and Robbins, Nicholas
Publisher
Thomas Cole National Historic Site in association with Yale University Press, Catskill, NY and New Haven, CT
Publication year
2018
Condition
NEW
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Paperback
Language
English
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0300233531
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9780300233537
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