| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 317 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
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text file |
| Note |
Originally published: 2004. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: George Inness, Metaphysician; Chapter 1: The Struggle of Vision; Chapter 2: Painting from Memory; Chapter 3: Painting Unity; Chapter 4: Painting the Past; Chapter 5: The Plight of Allegory; Chapter 6: The Mathematics of Psychology; Epilogue: "We must work our way to Paradise"; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
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."Throughout his career, Inness s. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Inness, George, 1825-1894 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Inness, George, 1825-1894. |
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Criticism and interpretation. |
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Landscape painting, American -- 19th century.
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Landscape painting, American. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Spirituality in art.
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Spirituality in art. |
| Chronological Term |
1800 - 1899 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: DeLue, Rachael Ziady. George Inness and the science of landscape. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008 9780226142302 0226142302 (OCoLC)191752448 |
| ISBN |
9780226142319 (electronic book) |
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0226142310 (electronic book) |
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