Caspar Wolf (German Edition): und die ästhetische Eroberung der Natur - Hardcover

Andreas Beyer; Bodo Brinkmann; Viktoria Von Der Brüggen; Katharina Georgi; Gilles Monney; Regula Suter-Raeber

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3775738320 ISBN 13: 9783775738323

Publisher: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2014

Synopsis

The notion of the Alps as a magnificent natural spec­tacle is surprisingly recent. It was not until the eigh­teenth century that its craggy mountain ridges began to be seen as “sublime” and beautiful. The Swiss landscape painter Caspar Wolf (1735–1783) was one of the first to discover the then largely unexplored world of the Alps as a subject of art through his ex­tended forays into the mountains. Trained in south­ern Germany and Paris, Wolf was commissioned to produce a comprehensive series on the Swiss Alps, which he completed between 1773 and 1779. Working in his studio, the artist created some 180 imposing paintings from nature studies done outdoors. The publication demonstrates how he conveyed what he had seen according to his aesthetic criteria. In his dra­matic compositions, paths are blocked by immense boulders, roaring streams of water, and glaciers, or the view opens up to reveal giant panoramas, which are observed by tiny, awestruck human figures. (English edition ISBN 978-3-7757-3833-0) Ausstellung/Exhibition: Kunstmuseum Basel 19.10.2014–1.2.2015

About this edition

• Publisher: Hatje Cantz Verlag
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 3775738320
• ISBN 13: 9783775738323
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 232
• Editor: Kunstmuseum Basel