In the Light of Italy: Corot and Early Open-Air Painting - Hardcover

Conisbee, Philip; Faunce, Sarah; Strick, Jeremy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0300067941 ISBN 13: 9780300067941

Publisher: National Gallery Washington, 1996

Synopsis

Prominent art historians Philip Conisbee, Sarah Faunce, Jeremy Strick, Peter Galassi, and Vincent Pomarede discuss the cultural, theoretical, and art historical background of this school of outdoor painting. They examine the early history of open-air painting, its theory and practice, the sites of Rome and southern Italy that were painted, and the delicate balance that existed among realism, memory and imagination. A rich selection of representative paintings is discussed and reproduced.
The book is the catalogue for an exhibition at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, the Brooklyn Museum, and the Saint Louis Art Museum.

About this title

About the Author:

Vincent Pomarede is a curator at the Musee du Louvre.

From Library Journal:

With essays by curators from the organizing museums, this well-produced catalog of an exhibition traveling to Washington, Brooklyn, and St. Louis in 1996-97 demonstrates that open-air painting was practiced well before the Impressionists brought it into the public eye. The open-air oil sketches shown here, produced chiefly for practical study and studio use by an international group of artists, many from northern Europe, are now attractive in themselves to modern viewers. Through the exposure to this tradition he found in Rome, Camille Corot (1796-1875) transmitted the idea of working directly from nature back to France and later painters there. Two more general essays, Conisbee on a history of open-air paintings and Sarah Faunce on Rome as a source and site for painters in this period (1780-1840), are excellent. Entries on the 120+ works are accessible and clear. Recommended for both general and special collections.?Jack Perry Brown, Art Inst. of Chicago Lib.
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About this edition

• Publisher: National Gallery Washington
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0300067941
• ISBN 13: 9780300067941
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 250