The artist & the garden / Roy Strong
2000, 1st Edition. New Haven: Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art by Yale University Press. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Singed by author. Item #341107
ISBN: 0300085206
Physical description: 288 pages: illustrations (some color); 30 cm. Contents:
I. Pride of Possession: Gardens in Portraits -- II. A Paradise of Dainty Devices: The Emblematic Garden -- III. Portrait of a Place: The Garden Picture -- IV. Every Prospect Pleases: The Garden Panorama -- V. Garden Picture into Landscape Painting: The Triumph of the Park. Summary: 'This volume gathers together and examines a collection of English gardens rendered by artists from 1540 to the early 19th century. It surveys garden pictures ranging from Elizabethan miniatures to 18th-century alfresco conversation pieces, discussing the genre's beginning and development.' . Subjects: Gardens in art.
Painting, English.
Gardens in art History; Pictorial works. Painting, English; Pictorial works.
Price: €50.00