Baltic Light: Early Open-Air Painting in Denmark and North Germany

by Catherine Johnston, Kasper Monrad, Helmut Börsch-Supan, et al.

Book Overview

During the first half of the nineteenth century, Danish and German artists studying in Paris and Rome brought back the concept of "plein air" painting and began to paint out-of-doors on their native soil. They introduced a whole new aesthetic that was sensitive to the light and atmospheric conditions peculiar to the north, especially during the long summer days. This beautiful book focuses on the painters and paintings of this period, particularly...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300081669
• ISBN13: 9780300081664
• Release Date: November 1999
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 3.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.5" x 11.0"