Picturing the Americas: Landscape Painting from Tierra del Fuego to the Arctic - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0300211503 ISBN 13: 9780300211504

Publisher: Art Gallery of Ontario, 2015

Synopsis

A bold and richly illustrated survey of the traditions and stylistic evolution of landscape painting in the Americas  

As nations in the Americas gained independence in the early 19th century, a pictorial landscape tradition emerged. By 1840, landscape painting had become the primary medium for articulating conceptions of land and nation in the development of North and South American cultural identity. Picturing the Americas offers the first comprehensive treatment of this genre on both American continents, bringing into dialogue the landscape traditions of artists practicing between 1840 and 1940.
 
The catalogue is brilliantly illustrated with 260 color images, including works by U.S. artists Albert Bierstadt, Frederic Church, and Georgia O’Keeffe; Canadian artists Joseph Légaré, Frances Anne Hopkins, and Lawren Harris; Mexico’s José María Velasco, Uruguay’s Joaquín Torres-García, and Brazil’s Tarsila do Amaral, among many others. Leading scholars offer a Pan-American perspective on these landscape traditions: essays consider the emergence of modernism, as well as how the development of landscape imagery reflects the intricately intertwined geographies and sociopolitical histories of the peoples, nations, regions, and diasporas of the two continents.  

About this title

Book Description:

This bold and richly illustrated survey is the first to offer a Pan-American perspective on the traditions and stylistic evolution of landscape painting in the Americas from 1840 to 1940.

About the Author:

Peter John Brownlee is associate curator, Terra Foundation for American Art, Chicago. Valéria Piccoli is chief curator, Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, Brazil. Georgiana Uhlyarik is associate curator of Canadian art, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto. 

About this edition

• Publisher: Art Gallery of Ontario
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0300211503
• ISBN 13: 9780300211504
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 280
• Editor: Brownlee Peter John, Piccoli Valéria, Uhlyarik Georgiana