Research Catalog
Past time : geology in European and American art
- Title
- Past time : geology in European and American art / Patricia Phagan ; with an essay by Jill S. Schneiderman.
- Author
- Phagan, Patricia (Patricia Elaine)
- Publication
- [Poughkeepsie, New York] : The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College ; London : In association with D Giles Limited, 2018.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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- Description
- 144 pages : illustrations (some color); 29 cm
- Summary
- This is a beautifully illustrated, interdisciplinary volume which explores how European and American artists of the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries revealed a compelling interest in dramatic geologic phenomena: caves and natural arches, boulders and rock formations, mountains, glaciers, volcanoes, and cliffs. From a topographical, often strata-focused means to a later mode that evoked natures great transformational powers over time, European and American artists pursued their cross-cultural travels in seeking geological wonders. The authors address the importance and history of geology, the most popular science of the 1800s. 'Past Time' features a combination of outstanding drawings, watercolours, and brilliant oil sketches and studies, with works by Asher B Durand, Frederic Church, John Singer Sargent, Albert Bierstadt, Thomas Moran, J. M. W. Turner, Joseph Wright of Derby, and Thomas Rowlandson, amongst many others. This volume is a great addition to the currently available publications on the relationship between the growth of natural science and the interest amongst artists in capturing and presenting scientific phenomena and an ever-changing earth. Exhibition: The Francis Lehman Loeb Art Center, Poughkeepsie, USA (21.09. - 09.12.2018).
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Exhibition catalogs.
- Note
- This catalogue accompanies the exhibition "Past Time: Geology in European and American Art", on display at The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York from September 21 - December 9, 2018, and at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York from February 16 - May 12, 2019.
- "First published in 2018 by GILES, an imprint of D Giles Limited"--Title page verso.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 134-140) and index.
- Contents
- Foreword / James Mundy -- Acknowledgments / Patricia Phagan -- Lenders to the exhibition -- An introduction / Patricia Phagan -- Visual language : the complementarity of geology and art / Jill S. Schneiderman -- Catalogue / Patricia Phagan. Caves and natural arches ; Rocks and rock formations ; Mountains, glaciers, and volcanoes ; Cliffs ; Notes to the entries -- Selected bibliography -- Index
- ISBN
- 9781911282365
- 1911282360
- 9780999683705
- 0999683705
- LCCN
- 2017964717
- OCLC
- on1038007233
- SCSB-9195336
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library