Essays On The Picturesque V1: As Compared With The Sublime And The Beautiful; And, On The Use Of Studying Pictures, For The Purpose Of Improving Rea (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781163916063)

Essays On The Picturesque V1 by Uvedale Price is a collection of essays published in 1810 that explores the concept of the picturesque in landscape art and its relationship to the sublime and the beautiful. Price argues that the picturesque is a distinct aesthetic category that values irregularity, roughness, and asymmetry in contrast to the smoothness and symmetry of the beautiful and the grandeur and terror of the sublime. The book also discusses the practical applications of studying pictures in improving real landscape design. Price believes that studying landscape art can help designers understand and appreciate the natural world and create more harmonious and pleasing landscapes. He provides examples of how artists have used the principles of the picturesque in their work and how these principles can be applied to real landscapes.Overall, Essays On The Picturesque V1 is a significant work in the history of landscape art and aesthetics, and it continues to be studied and referenced by scholars and practitioners in the field today.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

Author: Uvedale Price
ISBN-10: 1163916064
ISBN-13: 9781163916063
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Language: English
Published: 09/10/2010
Pages: 430
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.26lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.87d