Thomas ColeWatson-Guptill Publications, 1981 - Počet stran: 84 Each of these handsome volumes contains 32 large color plates reproduced with superb fidelity on special paper. The informative text and detailed captions will provide inspiration and fresh insight for all who admire great painting.Considered the founder of the Hudson River School, Cole infused his dramatic portrayals of the American landscape with an aura of grandeur, sublimity, and moral and religious meaning. |
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... past by means of associating extraordinary human activities with the landscape . ( As part of the semicentennial cel- ebrations , seven novels concerned with the Revo- lution were published in 1825 to provide the young nation with an ...
... past by means of associating extraordinary human activities with the landscape . ( As part of the semicentennial cel- ebrations , seven novels concerned with the Revo- lution were published in 1825 to provide the young nation with an ...
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... past civilizations and indulge his daydreams on the mutability of life . The aqueduct has fallen , signifying the fall of a civilization , but the moun- tains , or nature , go on forever . The point of the painting seems to be that only ...
... past civilizations and indulge his daydreams on the mutability of life . The aqueduct has fallen , signifying the fall of a civilization , but the moun- tains , or nature , go on forever . The point of the painting seems to be that only ...
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... past , The Architect's Dream looks to the future . In his " Essay on American Scenery " Cole said that American associations " are not so much of the past as of the present and the future , " and he alluded to the day when " temple and ...
... past , The Architect's Dream looks to the future . In his " Essay on American Scenery " Cole said that American associations " are not so much of the past as of the present and the future , " and he alluded to the day when " temple and ...
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American Art American Scenery appears artist associations autumn beautiful believed buildings Catskill civilization Cole's completed concerned considered contrast Cooper's Course of Empire cycle described Design detail developed diagonals earlier early Essay European exhibited existed falls feeling Figure Florence foreground forest forms Frederick Church Gilmor Historical Hudson human illustrations imagination important included indicate Institute interest Italy John Lake land landscape least less Letter lines look Magazine meaning mind moral morning mountain Museum of Art nature never object Oil on canvas original painting past Perhaps Picturesque placed Plate poem present probably reflected religious response Return rise River rural savage scape scenes seemed seen spirit Study style sublime suggest themes Thomas Cole thought tion Travels trees ture turn University Valley viewer views Voyage wanted White wild wilderness woods writings wrote York York City