Yosemite: Art of an American Icon

by Oakland Museum of California

Book Overview

This lavishly illustrated volume offers a stunning new view of Yosemite's visual history by presenting two hundred works of art together with provocative essays that explore the rich intersections between art and nature in this incomparable Sierra Nevada wilderness. Integrating the work of Native peoples, it provides the first inclusive view of the artists who helped create an icon of the American wilderness by featuring painting, photography, basketry,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520249224
• ISBN13: 9780520249226
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 2.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 10.0" x 11.4"