This excellent book is not to be rushed: the delight is in its detail.
landscape
Constable may seem an unlikely revolutionary, but his landscapes and their trees inspired the Barbizon School and Impressionists.
A brief glance through the history of painting trees in the landscape, from Rubens and Poussin to van Gogh and Pissarro.
This book, and exhibition, start to document and analyse an essentially new field.
A total of 17 paintings by 13 artists from 11 viewpoints, covering 261 years of art and parliamentary history.
Index to individual locations covered in this series.
Fifteen paintings by 11 artists showing the gardens over more than 130 years.
Does this catalogue/book change our understanding of van Gogh?
Consideration of landscapes as decorative backdrops, altered visions leading to fantasy, and a summary of the series.
Seurat painted five series of paintings carefully constructed to help form 3D space.
