{"product_id":"george-inness-and-the-science-rachael-z-delue-9780226142302","title":"George Inness and the Science of Landscape","description":"George Inness (1825-94), long considered one of America's greatest landscape painters, has yet to receive his full due from scholars and critics. A complicated artist and thinker, Inness painted stunningly beautiful, evocative views of the American countryside. Less interested in representing the details of a particular place than in rendering the \"subjective mystery of nature,\" Inness believed that capturing the spirit or essence of a natural scene could point to a reality beyond the physical or, as Inness put it, \"the reality of the unseen.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThroughout his career, Inness struggled to make visible what was invisible to the human eye by combining a deep interest in nineteenth-century scientific inquiry--including optics, psychology, physiology, and mathematics--with an idiosyncratic brand of mysticism. Rachael Ziady DeLue's \u003ci\u003eGeorge Inness and the Science of Landscape\u003c\/i\u003e--the first in-depth examination of Inness's career to appear in several decades--demonstrates how the artistic, spiritual, and scientific aspects of Inness's art found expression in his masterful landscapes. In fact, Inness's practice was not merely shaped by his preoccupation with the nature and limits of human perception; he conceived of his labor as a science in its own right. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis lavishly illustrated work reveals Inness as profoundly invested in the science and philosophy of his time and illuminates the complex manner in which the fields of art and science intersected in nineteenth-century America. Long-awaited, this reevaluation of one of the major figures of nineteenth-century American art will prove to be a seminal text in the fields of art history and American studies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rachael Z. Delue\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226142302\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226142302\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 350\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.96h x 8.58w x 0.78d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/25\/2008 pg. 8","brand":"Rachael Z. Delue","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48086394142975,"sku":"9780226142302","price":49.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7194eb43-f8c5-4a5f-b14c-eb9f0904edec.jpg?v=1769094427","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/george-inness-and-the-science-rachael-z-delue-9780226142302","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}