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Books on: paintings and nature

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Nature and the American: Three Centuries of Changing Attitudes

Book by Hans Huth; University of Nebraska Press, 1990

Subjects:

Natural Resources--United States, Nature (Aesthetics), Nature In Literature

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

...treated more extensively in a paper called "The American and Nature" see Bibliography . To Mr. Horace M. Albright I feel most...for the Future has made possible the reproduction of the many paintings and drawings that form an important part of this book. I therefore...
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Nature in Abstraction: The Relation of Abstract Painting and Sculpture to Nature in Twentieth-Century American Art

Book by John I. H. Baur; Macmillan, 1958

Subjects:

Art, Abstract, Art, American--Exhibitions, Artists--United States, Nature (Aesthetics)

Collections: Entire Library

...me. Landscape paintings are wonderful if their art transcends nature. Photographs of...relation between my paintings and nature I would have to...consciously think of nature when I paint. Nevertheless when my paintings are finished, I...
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The Intemperate Rainforest: Nature, Culture, and Power on Canada's West Coast

Book by B R U C E B R a U N; University of Minnesota Press, 2002

Subjects:

Human Ecology--British Columbia, Nature--Effect Of Human Beings On--British Columbia, Rain Forest Conservation--British Columbia, Rain Forests--British Coloumbia

Collections: Entire Library

...Buried Epistemologies: The Politics of Nature in (Post)colonial British Columbia, Annals...1964- The intemperate rainforest : nature, culture, and power on Canadas west coast...0-8166-3400-9 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Nature-Effect of human beings on-British Columbia...
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Nature in Chinese Art

Book by Arthur DeCarle Sowerby, Harry E. Gibson; John Day, 1940

Subjects:

Animals In Art, Art, Chinese, Chinese Language--Writing, Nature (Aesthetics)

Collections: Entire Library

...9 I. NATURE IN CHINESE ART 13...plants and animals represented in the paintings, bronzes, stone, jade, wood, and ivory...captions of illustrations of Chinese paintings and other art objects in books published...
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Reinventing Eden: The Fate of Nature in Western Culture

Book by Carolyn Merchant; Routledge, 2003

Subjects:

Human Ecology--History, Human Ecology--Philosophy, Nature--Effect Of Human Beings On

Collections: Entire Library

Visionary quests to return to the Garden of Eden have shaped Western culture from Columbus' voyages to today's tropical island retreats. Few narratives are so powerful - and, as Carolyn Merchant shows, so misguided and destructive - as the dream of recapturing a lost paradise. A sweeping account of ...
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Visionary quests to return to the Garden of Eden have shaped Western culture from Columbus' voyages to today's tropical island retreats. Few narratives are so powerful - and, as Carolyn Merchant shows, so misguided and destructive - as the dream of recapturing a lost paradise. A sweeping account of these quixotic endeavors by one of America's leading environmentalists, Reinventing Eden traces the idea of rebuilding the primeval garden from its origins to its latest incarnations in shopping malls, theme parks and gated communities.
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Journal Articles on: paintings and nature

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My Ethiopia: Recent Paintings by Wosene Worke Kosrof

Journal article by Peri M. Klemm; African Arts, Vol. 37, 2004

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Ethiopian Passages: Contemporary Art from the Diaspora (Book)--Book reviews, My Ethiopia: Recent Paintings by Wosene Worke Kosrof (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Entire Library

...here mixed with other semiotic systems, becomes a mirror for the layered and amalgamated nature of oral language in exile. Clarke writes, "In his paintings, the calligraphic forms of Amharic are broken apart, abstracted, and reconfigured to create...
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Maxwell K. Hearn. Cultivated Landscapes: Chinese Paintings from the Collection of Marie-Helene and Guy Weill

Journal article by Susan E. Nelson; China Review International, Vol. 11, 2004

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Cultivated Landscapes: Chinese Paintings from the Collection of Marie-Helene and Guy Weill (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Entire Library

...Cultivated Landscapes, cataloging the Chinese paintings collected by Marie-Helene and Guy Weill...is really about. "Chinese depictions of nature are seldom mere representations of the...manipulations of received styles, the feeling for nature, and the influence of teachers and friends...
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Rebecca Bedell: The Anatomy of Nature: Geology and American Landscape Painting, 1825-1875

Journal article by Eric Rosenberg; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 85, 2003

Subjects:

Man Made: Thomas Eakins and the Construction of Gilded-Age Manhood (Book)--Reviews, The Anatomy of Nature: Geology and American Landscape Painting, 1825-1875 (Book)--Reviews, The Body of Raphaelle Peale: Still Life and Selfhood, 1812-1824 (Book)--Reviews, Winslow Homer: The Nature of Observation (Book)--Reviews

Collections: Entire Library

...hidden in Peales paintings; for Johns this...of turns between nature and art that describe...destructive powers of nature" (p. 107). In no...writing itself. If paintings are made to do the...it. In front of nature, "Assured of the...why is it that the paintings of this period demonstrate...
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Colonizing Nature: The Tropics in British Arts and Letters, 1760-1820

Journal article by Janet Sorensen; CLIO, Vol. 35, 2006

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Colonizing Nature: The Tropics in British Arts and Letters, 1760-1820 (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Philosophy, History, Literature, Entire Library

...georgic poetry and travel narratives to paintings and illustrated botanical books, Fowkes...most valuable contributions of Colonizing Nature. For example, in an original argument...contexts redefined tropical images and nature. For instance, in texts as diverse as...
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Humans in Nature: Toward a Physiocentric Philosophy

Journal article by Klaus Michael Meyer-Abich; Daedalus, Vol. 125, 1996

Subjects:

Copernicus, Nicolaus--Influence, Human beings--Influence on nature, Nature (Aesthetics)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Philosophy of nature--Criticism, interpretation, etc., von Humboldt, Alexander--Influence

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

...awareness of the whole, so that nature recognizes herself by means...formerly dominant religious paintings, which portrayed the biblical...begin to consider in these paintings how we put ourselves in the...process that took place in nature. Rogier painted how painters...

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Magazine Articles on: paintings and nature

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Beautiful Books Rich in Substance; You Wouldn't Be Disappointed If You Judged These Books of Photographs, Paintings and Images by Their Covers, but It's the Content Inside That Makes Them Stand Out

Magazine article; Insight on the News, December 22, 2003

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, In Natural Light: Paintings by VaLoy Eaton (Book), In The Face of Appalachia (Book), Night Visions (Book), The Chinese Garden (Book), Through the Lens (Book)

Collections: Entire Library

...1978, is a compendium of photographs and paintings of gardens and garden architecture covering...keeping with the Taoist fondness for nature: "Many people nowadays blame the Empress...Beautiful Books In Natural Light: Paintings by VaLoy Eaton. Gibbs Smith. $39.95...
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Winslow Homer: Struggling with the Elements of Nature

Magazine article by Carol M. Losos; School Arts, Vol. 94, January 1995

Subjects:

Homer, Winslow--Works, Marine painting--Study and teaching, Nature (Aesthetics)--Study and teaching, Painting, American--Study and teaching

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...the Power of Nature Homer was primarily...outdoors. In his paintings, we see hunters...known for his oil paintings and watercolors...the elements of nature. Homer said...The Power of Nature In many of Homers paintings, including The...
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After Nature

Magazine article by Barbara Beckerman Davis; The Antioch Review, Vol. 62, Winter 2004

Subjects:

After Nature (Book)

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...House, 116 pp., $21.95. After Nature, Sebalds first work, published...1475/80-1528), whose religious paintings illustrate a sensibility to...and on his relationship to nature. Each person also represents...learns the difference between nature and society; at his death...
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Stephen Christopher Quinn: Windows on Nature: The Great Habitat Dioramas of the American Museum of Natural History

Magazine article by James Panero; New Criterion, Vol. 24, June 2006

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Windows on Nature: The Great Habitat Dioramas of the American Museum of Natural History (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Christopher Quinn Windows on Nature: The Great Habitat Dioramas...holdings of magnificent background paintings, sculptural taxidermy, and...photographs of the museums famous nature dioramas, from early to mid-century...construction: the curved background paintings drawn from studies in the field...
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Painters' Paintings: Brice Marden and Chris Ofili in Conversation

Magazine article; Artforum International, Vol. 45, October 2006

Subjects:

Artists--Works, Marden, Brice--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Marden, Brice--Works, Ofili, Chris--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Ofili, Chris--Works, Painting (Art)--Evaluation, Painting--Evaluation

Collections: Entire Library

...until the point that I showed The Upper Room, I always saw the paintings as individual pieces. But once I put them together, it was...just gone. CO: How did these rocks come together? Was it just nature? ILLUSTRATION OMITTED BM: There was a lake outside of Suzhou...

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Newspaper Articles on: paintings and nature

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INTO THE SHADOWS . . . Renaissance Painter Caravaggio Is Known for His Revolutionary Use of Light - and His Rebellious Nature. A Major New Exhibition at the National Gallery Reveals How His Paintings Grew Darker and More Morbid after the Murder That Scarred His Life. by Sue Corrigan

Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), January 9, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Light - and His Rebellious Nature. A Major New Exhibition at...National Gallery Reveals How His Paintings Grew Darker and More Morbid...theatricality of his most famous paintings, created in the years before...Britain of the artists late paintings, it will be of great interest...
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Making a Point; Visual Arts as William Wilkins Opens a Rare Exhibition of His Paintings, Julie Richards Chats to Him about His Work and the International Show He Founded, Artes Mundi

Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), April 4, 2008

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...to go his own way. Bravo!" Wilkins latest show includes both paintings and drawings. "I do feel the show demonstrates the direction...work has almost always been inspired by mans relationship with nature, a theme that continues to occupy contemporary artists work...
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To Italy, in Search of a Key to Late Caravaggio; Brian Sewell, Incensed by the Incomplete and Misleading Exhibition at the National Gallery, Has Been Reacquainting Himself with Caravaggio's Sublime Earlier Paintings

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), April 1, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...are characteristic of some post-Roman paintings were incipient in his work some years...considering work that in its transitional nature could have been painted late in his Roman...or two spent in pursuit of Caravaggios paintings-- twice as many as are in the National...
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'Slats' Paintings Fit in Color and Form

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, April 13, 2002

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...famous "draped structures" of the 1960s. Improvisational in nature, they were large color-saturated, unstretched canvases that...colored with a light, but intense, blue. It thrusts into the paintings main midsection, which deepens into a darker, almost inky blue...
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Visionary Realism Binds Paintings by Burchfield

Newspaper article by Joanna Shaw-Eagle; The Washington Times, October 12, 1997

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...he found God in nature, as did his near...Thomas Moran, whose paintings are also currently...also dreams. His paintings tell the story...to a pantheistic nature, executed in watercolors...returned to the nature paintings of earlier years...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: paintings and nature

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Plein-Air

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

PLEIN-AIR plan-ar , Fr. plen-er Fr.,=open-air, term used for paintings or drawings made directly from nature and infused with a feeling of the open air. Painting outdoors is a relatively recent practice; the impressionists and the painters...
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Witte, Emanuel De

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...influenced by the work of Elsheimer . Witte excelled at moody, majestic paintings of church interiors (e.g., Interior of a Gothic Church; Rijks Mus.). He possessed a melancholy nature that ultimately drove him to suicide. ____________________ The...
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Burchfield, Charles

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...as a wallpaper designer. His paintings, predominantly in watercolor...1920s, poetic evocations of nature; from the early 1920s to the...return to lyric expressions of nature, painted with a heightened...highly colored portrayals of nature. Weather and sunlight effects...
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Desportes, Alexandre-FranÇois

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...best known for his hunting scenes and paintings of animals. Desportes, who began as a...among the first to paint landscapes from nature; for that practice he was held to be...careful realism of Flemish still-life paintings. The Louvre and the Wallace Collection...
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Still Life

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...utterly dominated by the religious theme of the work, as in the paintings of Giotto. By the 15th cent. still-life objects were used to...Northern European masters that the revival of the study of nature was most completely revealed. The van Eycks , van der Weyden...

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