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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Niles Büttner , Russell StockmanPublisher: Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S. Imprint: Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S. ISBN: 9780789209931ISBN 10: 0789209934 Pages: 240 Publication Date: 09 October 2008 Audience: General/trade , General , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsPraise for The History of Gardens in Painting - A Booklist Top 10 Arts Book of 2009 Buttner presents uncommon reproductions and sustains authoritative and engrossing commentary in an exquisite and illuminating book for art and garden lovers. - Booklist, STARRED REVIEW Buttner's text strikes at the heart of the human fascination with green oases and how the philosophy underpinning that fascination has changed in tandem with Western civilization's evolving relationship with the earth...:The History of Gardens in Painting remains a valuable compendium of how artists have lost themselves in gardens over time in the never-ending pursuit of paradise. - Art Blog by Bob Nils Buttner has produced a masterful survey of the depiction of sculptured landscapes in Western painting. One especially noteworthy feature of this wonderfully illustrated book is that the author brings this history up to the present. Yes, there is life after Impressionism. - BarnesandNoble.com ...Buttner (art history, Dortmund Univ., Germany) brings to this analysis the same skills apparent in his earlier works (e.g., Landscape Painting: A History)... The 180 color illustrations and comments upon them add an extra dimension to this tour through two millennia of gardens in art. A fine addition to art libraries and large academic and public collections. - Paula Frosch, Library Journal Praise for The History of Gardens in Painting - A Booklist Top 10 Arts Book of 2009 Buttner presents uncommon reproductions and sustains authoritative and engrossing commentary in an exquisite and illuminating book for art and garden lovers. - Booklist, STARRED REVIEW Buttner's text strikes at the heart of the human fascination with green oases and how the philosophy underpinning that fascination has changed in tandem with Western civilization's evolving relationship with the earth&hellip:The History of Gardens in Painting remains a valuable compendium of how artists have lost themselves in gardens over time in the never-ending pursuit of paradise. - Art Blog by Bob Nils Buttner has produced a masterful survey of the depiction of sculptured landscapes in Western painting. One especially noteworthy feature of this wonderfully illustrated book is that the author brings this history up to the present. Yes, there is life after Impressionism. - BarnesandNoble.com ...Buttner (art history, Dortmund Univ., Germany) brings to this analysis the same skills apparent in his earlier works (e.g., Landscape Painting: A History)... The 180 color illustrations and comments upon them add an extra dimension to this tour through two millennia of gardens in art. A fine addition to art libraries and large academic and public collections. - Paula Frosch, Library Journal A Booklist Top 10 Arts Book of 2009 Buttner presents uncommon reproductions and sustains authoritative and engrossing commentary in an exquisite and illuminating book for art and garden lovers. --Booklist, STARRED REVIEW Buttner's text strikes at the heart of the human fascination with green oases and how the philosophy underpinning that fascination has changed in tandem with Western civilization's evolving relationship with the earth... The History of Gardens in Painting remains a valuable compendium of how artists have lost themselves in gardens over time in the never-ending pursuit of paradise.--Art Blog by Bob Nils Buttner has produced a masterful survey of the depiction of sculptured landscapes in Western painting. One especially noteworthy feature of this wonderfully illustrated book is that the author brings this history up to the present. Yes, there is life after Impressionism. --BarnesandNoble.com Author InformationNils Büttner is a professor of art history at Dortmund University. He is the author of The Invention of the Landscape, the co-author of several books, the author of numerous catalogue essays, and a curator of a number of museum exhibitions. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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