Frederic Church : a painter's pilgrimage
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Frederic Church : a painter's pilgrimage
Detroit Institute of Arts , Distributed by Yale University Press, c2017
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Catalogue of the exhibition held at Detroit Institute of Arts, Oct. 22, 2017-Jan. 15, 2018; at Reynolda House Museum of American Art, Winston-Salem, NC, Feb. 8-May 13, 2018; and at Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT, June 3-Aug. 26, 2018
Statements of responsibility from p. facing t.p.
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
A beautiful overview of fascinating paintings of the classical world and the Holy Land by a beloved American artist
Frederic Church (1826-1900), one of the leading painters of 19th-century America and the Hudson River School, also journeyed around the globe to find fresh inspiration for his highly detailed compositions. Among Church's lesser-known masterpieces are his paintings of the Middle East, Italy, and Greece, produced in the late 1860s through late 1870s, which explore themes of human history and achievement.
Taking a closer look at this geographical and thematic shift in Church's practice, this handsome book brings together the artist's major paintings of Athens, Rome, Jerusalem, and the surrounding region. The essays concentrate on a set of six major paintings of architectural and archaeological marvels; one essay also spotlights Olana, Church's home in New York State, which reflects the influence of Middle Eastern design. This impressive volume stands apart in its new approach to the artist's work and its quest to determine why and how this quintessentially American figure was drawn to scenery and themes from the other side of the globe.
Distributed for the Detroit Institute of Arts
Exhibition Schedule:
Detroit Institute of Arts
(10/22/17-01/15/18)
Reynolda House Museum of American Art, Winston-Salem, NC
(02/08/18-05/13/18)
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT
(06/03/18-08/26/18)
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