Lisa Fellows Andrus

Measure and Design in American Painting, 1760-1860

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

First published in 1977. The purpose of this study is to locate the sources for the American style of painting characterised by measure and design. The reader shall see that there were a variety of conventions available to the artist and that his selection of them depended upon pragmatic, philosophical, and aesthetic considerations.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 434
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 503g
• ISBN-13: 9781138366312
• ISBN-10: 1138366315
• Artikelnr.: 59582761

Autorenporträt

Lisa Fellows Andrus

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Preface
1. Introduction: The Practical and Philosophical Background for Design and Measure 2. Out of the Craft Tradition 3. The Influence of Academic Instruction Books 4. The Role of the Academic Tradition 5. The Development of a Practical Basis for Institutionalized Art Education 6. The Role of Tools and Books in the Development of American Landscape Painting 7. The Aesthetic of Perspective
Afterword
Selected Bibliography
List of Illustrations
Illustrations