A Closer Look: Landscape (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781857096279)

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

Author: Erika Langmuir
ISBN-10: 1857096274
ISBN-13: 9781857096279
Publisher: National Gallery London
Language: English
Published: 05/08/2018
Pages: 96
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 8.20h x 6.00w x 0.30d