Author | : Peter Mark |
File Size | : 43,7 Mb |
Publisher | : Wesleyan University Press |
Language | : English |
Release Date | : 07 March 2017 |
ISBN | : 9780819577306 |
Pages | : 152 pages |
The Mountains in Art History by Peter Mark Book PDF Summary
The Mountains in Art History is the first English-language work to focus on mountains as subject matter and source of aesthetic and spiritual inspiration for painters. This collection of original essays is written entirely by Wesleyan University students of art history. The essays examine how artistic representation of mountains has varied through the lens of specific depictions in English and American literature, and consider how images of mountains functioned in conjunction with religion, the sublime, and Romanticism. These essays by student authors adeptly ruminate on works by individuals such as William Wordsworth, John Frederick Kensett, Alexander van Humboldt, Emil Nolde, and Arnold Fanck. Includes an introduction by professor Peter Mark and a helpful appendix of the course syllabus and narrative description.