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UNINA9910826471003321 |
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Autore |
Wylie Liz |
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Titolo |
David Alexander : the shape of place / / edited by Liz Wylie |
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Montreal ; ; Ithaca : , : McGill-Queen's University Press, , 2012 |
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ISBN |
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0-7735-4035-0 |
1-283-58385-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xii, 107 pages) : color illustrations |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Landscape painting, Canadian |
Painting, Canadian - 20th century |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"Published for the Kelowna Art Gallery by McGill-Queen's University Press." |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations and Plates""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction: The Landscape Is the Evidence""; ""Landscape, Nature: David Alexander""; ""David Alexander, and Being Surrounded by Things We Have Not Made""; ""A Land of Water""; ""An ""Other"" Iceland: Musings on the Alexander Landscape""; ""The Marvel and the Menace: David Alexander Talks about Landscape""; ""Chronology""; ""David Alexander Bibliography""; ""Exhibitions and Collections""; ""Contributors"" |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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It can be easy to consider landscape painting as cliche, an art form whose time has passed. David Alexander's vibrant, large-scale works show the wonder and possibility that remain undiminished in paintings of the natural environment and breathe new life into the landscape tradition. |
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