Treasured landscapes
Subtitle: National Park Service art collections tell America's stories
Publisher: National Park Service Museum Management Program
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9780692536087
Subjects: Art collections; Catalogs; History; American Landscape painting; Nature conservation; National parks and reserves; Historic sites; National monuments; United States. National Park Service
Other titles: National Park Service art collections tell America's stories
Description: In addition to color images from the National Park Service collections, this book also provides brief overviews of some of the site collections, information on artists and the art collectors.
Notes: Shipping list no.: 2016-0010-S.

Includes bibliographic references (page 160) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Overview; title: Landscape art and the founding of the National Park Service; title: National Park Service Museum collections; title: The American conservation movement and the Hudson River School ; Artists in the gallery and park collections; title: America's treasured places ; Artists in the gallery and park collection ; The American West ; Views of paradise; title: Eminent Americans at home ; Artists in the gallery and park collections ; Views of home ; Personal taste ; Pastoral landscapes ; Waterscapes; title: American experiences ; Artists in the gallery and park collections ; Experiencing nature ; Conflict ; Confinement ; Americans abroad ; Wildlife in the landscape; title: Participating parks index; title: Artist index.