Nature and culture [[electronic resource] ] : American landscape and painting, 1825-1875 / / Barbara Novak

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910458459203321
• Autore: Novak Barbara
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford ; ; New York, NY, : Oxford University Press, 2007
• ISBN: 1-281-16314-7; 9786611163143; 0-19-804171-3; 0-19-534566-5; 1-4294-6892-0
• Edizione: [3rd ed., with a new preface.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (327 p.)
• Disciplina: 758.17309034; 759.13
• Soggetti: Landscape painting, American - 19th century; Landscape painters - United States - Psychology; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-273) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface to the New Edition; Preface to the Previous Edition; Preface to the Original Edition; Acknowledgments; Part One; Part Two; Part Three; Part Four; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Illustration Credits; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In this richly illustrated volume, featuring more than fifty black-and-white illustrations and a beautiful eight-page color insert, Barbara Novak describes how for fifty extraordinary years, American society drew from the idea of Nature its most cherished ideals. Between 1825 and 1875, all kinds of Americans--artists, writers, scientists, as well as everyday citizens--believed that God in Nature could resolve human contradictions, and that nature itself confirmed the American destiny. Using diaries and letters of the artists as well as quotes from literary texts, journals, and periodicals, Nov