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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Arcadian Waters and Wanton Seas Arcadian Waters and Wanton Seas Arne Neset The nineteenth century was the great age of landscape painting in Europe and America. In an era of rapid industrialization and transformation of landscape, pictures of natural scenes were what people… OL11825884W
Charles Louis Heyde Charles Louis Heyde Nancy Price Graff "Artist Charles Louis Heyde first visited Vermont in 1852 searching for inspiration for his specialty - landscape painting. Apparently, he found what he was looking for in the state's spectacular sce… OL20990112W
Kansas on canvas Kansas on canvas Louis Copt Louis Copt, born and raised in Emporia, Kansas, has been painting full-time since 1984. He received a B.A. in art from Emporia State University in 1971 ... Over the last 25 years, Copt has collaborat… OL29317738W
The Hudson River and its painters The Hudson River and its painters John K. Howat Examines the historical development of the artists who formed the first native American school of painting--the Hudson River School. OL5598459W
The Transformative Vision The Transformative Vision Robert G. Edelman An exhibition focused on the continuing exploration of landscape painting as a context and subject by contemporary American artists. The exhibition, an activity of The Carnegie Museum of Art, was a p… OL7797487W
An Endless Panorama of Beauty An Endless Panorama of Beauty Joyce Henri Robinson "This catalogue from the Palmer Museum of Art of The Pennsylvania State University accompanied an exhibition, also entitled An Endless Panorama of Beauty, which presented highlights from the Jean and… OL7799015W
The Anatomy of Nature The Anatomy of Nature Rebecca Bedell "Geology was in vogue in nineteenth-century America. People crowded lecture halls to hear geologists speak, and parlor mineral cabinets signaled social respectability and intellectual engagement. Thi… OL8328544W
The Planter's Prospect The Planter's Prospect John Michael Vlach "When nineteenth-century artists painted plantation scenes, they usually began with preparatory sketches made while standing in front of a planter's house or somewhere slightly below it. From either … OL88046W