Landscapes / seascapes in the arts Books
Princeton University Press Commemorative Landscape Painting in China
Book SynopsisPresents a study of an important genre of Ming-dynasty Chinese painting in which landscapes are actually disguised portraits that celebrate an individual and his achievements, ambitions, and tastes in an open effort to win recognition, support, and social status.Trade Review"A detailed and insightful essay on a type of occasional painting popular in later China... In addition to its erudition, this book is a most enjoyable read."--Patricia Eichenbaum Karetzky, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African StudiesTable of ContentsForeword 7 Preface and Acknowledgments 9 List of Illustrations 11 Chapter One 15 Early Commemorative Landscape in the Song Dynasty Chapter Two 41 Conspicuous Seclusion Chapter Three 79 What's in a Name? The Biehao Painting Notes 111 Selected Bibliography 117 Glossary of Chinese Names and Terms 125 Index 131
£28.50
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Boathouses
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£39.09
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Barns of the Berkshires
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£20.69
Schiffer Publishing Ltd The Cape Cod National Seashore
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£21.84
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Seven Continents
Book SynopsisJoin physician and landscape photographer Mohan Bhasker on a round-the-world journey to some of Earth''s most exquisite sites. Vicariously traverse a Laos jungle, kayak among Antarctica''s icebergs, trek through Nepal''s Himalayan mountain range and Brazil''s scorching sand dunes, and come upon impossibly blue lagoons tucked into the rugged Argentine terrain. Interspersed with the images are adventure travel stories about close calls with nature, opportunities missed, serendipitous timing, and the payoff of persistence. The camera lens lingers on everything from pristine panoramas to quiet coves and closeups of penguin chicks. In a fifteen-year collection of more than 220 photographs, the author pays tribute to the beauty, history, and significance of some of the most remote places on Earth.Trade ReviewThis handsomely produced volume has many landscape-oriented prints over two pages with excellent low-gloss plate transfers by Schiffer Publishing. The final section of the book features dancers in the deserts of Mongolia, a hookah salon in India, fisherman in Laos, and otherwise stunning natural portraits. Hope there is a sequel. -- Lew J. Whittington, New York Journal of BooksVery highly recommended for personal, community, and academic library Photography collections, "Seven Continents: Photography of Mohan Bhaskar" is a fifteen-year collection...visually celebrating the beauty, history, and significance of some of the most remote places on earth. -- The Photography Shelf, Library Bookwatch: February 2016
£41.39
Schiffer Publishing Ltd High Sierra The Range of Light
Book SynopsisFred Weyman''s photographs reflect the same kind of passion for their subject as Ansel Adams.Michael Brune, Executive Director, Sierra Club Stunning landscape photographs of California''s Sierra Nevada Mountains, from Lake Tahoe to Sequoia National Park The Sierra Nevada Mountains don''t easily reveal their treasures, but this photographic compilation, the result of over thirty backpacking trips in the remote high country, reveals the spirit and beauty of a national gem through brilliant images. Focusing on carefully selected landscapes captured from virtually impossible vantage points, the photographs reflect a genuine Sierra backcountry experience. Witness the disappearing edges between water and rocks at Lake Aloha, the scant vegetation peeking out between slabs of smooth granite in Cherry Creek Canyon, and read about the natural processes that led to the creation of waterfalls, glaciers, and lakes. The painstakingly crafted compositions demonstrate how light can determine the way one sees and remembers a landscape. Musings about the Sierra Nevada by naturalists, mountaineers, and writers, including John Muir, Norman Clyde, Jane Wilson-Howarth, and Jack Kerouac, complement the arresting photography.
£36.89
The University Press of Kentucky The Watercolors of Harlan Hubbard
Book SynopsisHarlan Hubbard (1900-1988), Kentucky writer, environmentalist and artist, spent many years trying to rediscover and revive the vanishing language of landscape in his watercolor paintings. Known for their sense of drifting movement and their depiction of the simple way of life for which Hubbard was known, they inexplicably remain his least-studied artworks, despite being some of the best evidence of Hubbard''s place in the history of landscape painting.The Watercolors of Harlan Hubbard not only argues Hubbard''s place in the art historical canon, but also highlight and analyze the artist''s own voice. In this unique collection, more than 200 watercolors are interspersed with anecdotes to present a personal meditation on the influence that Hubbard''s work has had on the lives of those who knew him.Table of ContentsPreface Foreword Personal Wilderness Buildings Railroads & People Boats Landscapes River Landscapes River Towns Bayous Western Trips Great Lakes Payne Hollow
£34.20
MP-OSU Oregon State Universi Oregon Painters Landscape to Modernism 18591959
Book SynopsisOffers an expanded, pictorial review of the history of painting in Oregon from 1859-1959. The book expands the focus on the history of painting in Oregon, adding essays on Impressionism and Modernism while using more and better visual examples to illustrate the strength of the state's early painters.
£46.75
Dietrich Reimer ALS Kunstler Und Kartograph Im Heiligen Land
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£46.55
Scheidegger und Spiess AG, Verlag Tom Haller - Nuggets: American Landscapes
Book SynopsisSwiss photographer Tom Haller has gained wide recognition for his work in portraiture and reportage. Less well known, but equally arresting, are the landscapes Haller has produced during his travels throughout the United States over the course of nearly three decades. His photographs of America - of prairies, mountains, roads and the buildings lining them, motels, stadiums, shops, and abandoned cars - display a traveller's detached, inquisitive, perspective, with Haller directing his gaze at subjects while simultaneously depicting both the promise of these landscapes and the limits to the dreams they inspire. Tom Haller - Nuggets compiles a selection of his American landscapes that reflect the state of the country and the feelings and experiences of its people. Taking Haller's images as his starting point, Christian Seiler draws on his own extensive travels throughout the United States to explore the artist's intentions and the mood of the country as a whole. Text in English and German.
£45.00
