Russian landscape
2003, First Edition. Schoten [Belgium] : NAI Publishers. Very good copy in the original colour-printed boards, slightly dust-toned, and with light wear to the panel edges and endbands. The interior remains tight, bright and clean. A well-preserved example overall. Item #476385
Physical description; 169 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 25 x 30 cm. Notes; Published on the occasion of the exhibitions 'Russian landscape' at Groninger Museum, Netherlands, December 14, 2003 – April 18, 2004 ; and 'Russian landscape in the age of Tolstoy' at National Gallery, London, June 23 – September 12, 2004. Essays by Henk van Os, David Jackson, Sjeng Scheijen, Kira Dolinina, Galina Churak and Vladimir Lenyashin. Includes bibliographical references (page 168). Contents; Foreword – Russian landscape : a première / Henk van Os – The motherland : tradition and innovation in Russian landscape painting / David Jackson – Slaves of literature : literature, visual art and landscape art / Sjeng Scheijen – 'Eyes wide shut' : landscape painting in nineteenth century Russia and France / Kira Dolinina – Landscape painting in the Tretyakov collection / Galina Churak – 'Everything gravitates towards the landscape' : landscape painting in the context of the Russian genre system / Vladimir Lenyashin – Artists' biographies – Notes & selected bibliography. Subjects; Landscape painting, Russian – 19th century – Exhibitions. Landscapes in art – Exhibitions. Landscape painters – Russia – Exhibitions. Russia – In art – Exhibitions.
Price: €48.95