02703nam 2200625Ia 450 991045845920332120200520144314.01-281-16314-797866111631430-19-804171-30-19-534566-51-4294-6892-0(CKB)1000000000400651(EBL)415574(OCoLC)476243429(SSID)ssj0000208760(PQKBManifestationID)11201262(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000208760(PQKBWorkID)10244616(PQKB)10006966(MiAaPQ)EBC415574(Au-PeEL)EBL415574(CaPaEBR)ebr10271431(CaONFJC)MIL116314(EXLCZ)99100000000040065120070117d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrNature and culture[electronic resource] American landscape and painting, 1825-1875 /Barbara Novak3rd ed., with a new preface.Oxford ;New York, NY Oxford University Press20071 online resource (327 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-530586-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-273) and index.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; IndexIn 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, NovLandscape painting, American19th centuryLandscape paintersUnited StatesPsychologyElectronic books.Landscape painting, AmericanLandscape paintersPsychology.758.17309034759.13Novak Barbara848620MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458459203321Nature and culture1895419UNINA