by Langmuir, Erika
Exhibition catalogues & specific collections
Published 20/02/2018 by National Gallery Company Ltd in the United Kingdom as part of the A Closer Look series.
Paperback | 96 pages, 80 colour illus.
151 x 210 x 9mm | 216gLandscape 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
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