Landscape and western art

What is landscape? How does it differ from "land?" Does landscape always imply something to be pictured, a scene? When and why did we begin to cherish images of nature? What is "nature?" Is it everything that isn't art, or artifact? By addressing these and many other questio...

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Main Author: Andrews, Malcolm
Other Authors: Malcolm Andrews
Language:Undetermined
English
Published: Oxford,New York Oxford University Press 1999
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Institutions: Trung tâm Học liệu Trường Đại học Trà Vinh
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Summary:What is landscape? How does it differ from "land?" Does landscape always imply something to be pictured, a scene? When and why did we begin to cherish images of nature? What is "nature?" Is it everything that isn't art, or artifact? By addressing these and many other questions, Landscape and Western Art explores the myriad ideas and images of the natural world in Western art since the Renaissance
Physical Description:248 p.
ill. (some col.)
25 cm
ISBN:0192842331
9780192842336