Author: Manthorne, Katherine ; Tricia Laughlin Bloom; Patricia Mainardi; James M Saslow
Title: The Rockies and the Alps : Bierstadt, Calame, and the Romance of the Mountains
Description: Newark, NJ, Newark Museum, 2018. Softcover. Color illustrated wraps with French flaps inside both covers. (5) 6-175 pp. Chiefly color and b+w illustrations. Inspired by the grandeur of 'the Rockies and the Alps', American and European artists strove to capture their power in paint. In the mid-19th century, when photographers, scientists, and armchair travellers were awakening to these wonders, improved transportation and accommodations made mountains and glaciers more accessible. This richly illustrated volume brings together dazzling depictions of the Rockies and the Alps, while investigating how geology, flora and fauna, and social and literary contexts relate to the rise of alpine landscape painting. As New .

Keywords: American Art ; American Landscape Art ; ; Museum Exhibitions - American Art


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