Epic Landscapes: Benjamin Henry Latrobe and the Art of Watercolor

by Julia A. Sienkewicz

Epic Landscapes is the first study devoted to architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe's substantial artistic oeuvre from 1795, when he set sail from Britain to Virginia, to late 1798, when he relocated to Pennsylvania. Thus, this book offers the only extended consideration of Latrobe's Virginian watercolors, including a series of complex trompe l'oeil studies and three significant illustrated manuscripts. Though Latrobe's architecture is well known,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1644531593
• ISBN13: 9781644531594
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: University of Delaware Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.7" x 10.2"