Description
A bold and richly illustrated survey of the traditions and stylistic evolution of landscape painting in the Americas
As nations in the Americas gained independence in the early 19th century, a pictorial landscape tradition emerged. By 1840, landscape painting had become the primary medium for articulating conceptions of land and nation in the development of North and South American cultural identity. Picturing the Americas offers the first comprehensive treatment of this genre on both American continents, bringing into dialogue the landscape traditions of artists practicing between 1840 and 1940.
The catalogue is brilliantly illustrated with 260 color images, including works by U.S. artists Albert Bierstadt, Frederic Church, and Georgia O'Keeffe; Canadian artists Joseph Legare, Frances Anne Hopkins, and Lawren Harris; Mexico's Jose Maria Velasco, Uruguay's Joaquin Torres-Garcia, and Brazil's Tarsila do Amaral, among many others. Leading scholars offer a Pan-American perspective on these landscape traditions: essays consider the emergence of modernism, as well as how the development of landscape imagery reflects the intricately intertwined geographies and sociopolitical histories of the peoples, nations, regions, and diasporas of the two continents.
Published in association with the Art Gallery of Ontario
About the Author
Book Information
ISBN 9780300211504
Author Peter John Brownlee
Format Hardback
Page Count 280
Imprint Yale University Press
Publisher Yale University Press
Weight(grams) 1592g
As nations in the Americas gained independence in the early 19th century, a pictorial landscape tradition emerged. By 1840, landscape painting had become the primary medium for articulating conceptions of land and nation in the development of North and South American cultural identity. Picturing the Americas offers the first comprehensive treatment of this genre on both American continents, bringing into dialogue the landscape traditions of artists practicing between 1840 and 1940.
The catalogue is brilliantly illustrated with 260 color images, including works by U.S. artists Albert Bierstadt, Frederic Church, and Georgia O'Keeffe; Canadian artists Joseph Legare, Frances Anne Hopkins, and Lawren Harris; Mexico's Jose Maria Velasco, Uruguay's Joaquin Torres-Garcia, and Brazil's Tarsila do Amaral, among many others. Leading scholars offer a Pan-American perspective on these landscape traditions: essays consider the emergence of modernism, as well as how the development of landscape imagery reflects the intricately intertwined geographies and sociopolitical histories of the peoples, nations, regions, and diasporas of the two continents.
Published in association with the Art Gallery of Ontario
Exhibition Schedule:
Art Gallery of Ontario
(06/20/15-09/20/15)
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
(11/06/15-01/18/16)
Pinacoteca do Estado de Sao Paulo, Brazil
(02/27/16-05/29/16)
About the Author
Peter John Brownlee is associate curator, Terra Foundation for American Art, Chicago. Valeria Piccoli is chief curator, Pinacoteca do Estado de Sao Paulo, Brazil. Georgiana Uhlyarik is associate curator of Canadian art, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto.
Book Information
ISBN 9780300211504
Author Peter John Brownlee
Format Hardback
Page Count 280
Imprint Yale University Press
Publisher Yale University Press
Weight(grams) 1592g
