Different Views in Hudson River School Painting

by Judith Hansen O'Toole and Arnold Skolnick

Hudson River School artists shared an awe of the magnificence of nature as well as a belief that the untamed American scenery reflected the national character. In this new work, color reproductions of more than 115 paintings capture the beauty and illuminate the aesthetic and philosophical principles of the Hudson River School painters. The pieces included in this volume reflect a period (1825-1875) when American landscape painting was most thoroughly...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231138202
• ISBN13: 9780231138208
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 9.8" x 11.3"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher