The discovery of the Netherlands
Subtitle: four centuries of landscape painting by Dutch masters
By: Henk van Os in collaboration with Huigen Leeflang and Jenny Reynaerts.
Contributors: Leeflang, Huigen.; Reynaerts, Jenny, 1960-; CODA Museum Apeldoorn.
Publisher: NAi Publishers; available in North, South and Central America through D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Rotterdam; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 127
ISBN-13: 9789056620271
Subjects: Landscape painting -- Netherlands -- Exhibitions.; Netherlands -- In art -- Exhibitions.
Genres: Exhibitions.; In art
Work titles: Ontdekking van Nederland.
Description: "In The Discovery of the Netherlands, Henk van Os presents the finest examples culled from four centuries of Netherlandish landscape art. The Dutch artists were the first in Europe to reveal the beauty of their country's landscape. They transformed the flat countryside, with its winding waters, farmland, wooded groves and the ever-changing lofty skies into unforgettable scenes framed within their paintings, indeed - into art. Selecting 40 masterworks, Van Os demonstrates that what we currently find 'beautiful' in the Dutch landscape has been largely shaped by these artists." "In her contribution, Louise Fresco explains how these paintings reflect the human presence in the Dutch landscape down through the centuries."--Jacket.
Notes: "This publication accompanied the exhibition ... at CODA Museum in Apeldoorn (11 June to 28 September 2008)"--Colophon.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [120]-123).