{"product_id":"adirondack-prints-and-printmakers-caroline-m-welsh-9780815605195","title":"Adirondack Prints and Printmakers: The Call of the Wild","description":"\u003cp\u003eSince the late eighteenth century, the Adirondacks--first characterized as a \"Dismal Wilderness\" and then a \"Sportsman's Paradise\"--has challenged cartographers, scientists, sportsmen, travelers, and artists. In a volume that covers nearly three hundred years of artistic achievement, Adirondack Museum curator Caroline M. Welsh includes essays that were originally presented at the 1995 North American Print Conference at the Adirondack Museum. Comprehensive in scope and lavishly illustrated, the book embodies the artistic spectrum from the documentary to the aesthetic. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePaintings of Adirondack scenery were frequently reproduced as prints. Lithographs after original paintings disseminated affordable fine art to a broad middle class, exemplifying a pervasive nineteenth-century faith that art. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy 1850, this northern expanse became a sanctuary for artists. Inspired by the drama of the landscape, the purity of the light, and the grandeur of its rugged wilderness, artists flocked to the region. From Winslow Homer, Dr. Arpad Gerster, and the French naturalist Jacques Gerard Milbert to Canadian artist David Milne, \u003ci\u003eAdirondack Prints and Printmakers\u003c\/i\u003e underscores the importance of the wilderness landscape in American art and culture and the role that prints have played to document, promote, and celebrate the Adirondacks.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Caroline M. Welsh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0815605196\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780815605195\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Syracuse University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.91lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.33h x 8.26w x 0.73d","brand":"Caroline M. Welsh","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44190578639103,"sku":"9780815605195","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_26f928a6-dbb1-46a0-9619-c8034886cafd.jpg?v=1690871279","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/adirondack-prints-and-printmakers-caroline-m-welsh-9780815605195","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}