Eugene von Guérard
Subtitle: nature revealed
By: Ruth Pullin
Contributors: Guérard, Eugen von, 1811-1901; Varcoe-Cocks, Michael; National Gallery of Victoria
Publisher: National Gallery of Victoria
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Melbourne
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9780724103416; 9780724103409
Subjects: Exhibitions; Landscapes in art; Australian Art
Other titles: Nature revealed
Description: Today the beautiful portrayals of the Australian landscape by artist Eugene von Guerard have become critically relevant to understanding our fragile environment.
Notes: "The co-curators of the exhibition ... are Ruth Pullin and Michael Varcoe-Cocks, with special assistance from Humphrey Clegg."

"Published for the exhibition 'Eugene von Guérard: Nature Revealed,' the Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia at Federation Square, 16 April-7 August 2011"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 300-302) and index.
Table of contents: title: Eugene von Guérard: a remarkable life  -- Ruth Pullin; title: Eugene von Guérard: art, science and nature  -- Ruth Pullin -- The act of painting / -- Michael Varcoe-Cocks; title: The tipping point  -- Tim Bonyhady; title: The early years --; title: The new landscape: Rome and Naples --; title: Bernard and Eugene in Sicily: the sketchbooks --; title: Close study of nature: Düsseldorf --; title: Inexhaustible treasure: von Guérard in Australia --; title: The physiognomy of mountains --; title: The volcanic landscape --; title: The geography of plants --; title: The centrality of drawing --; title: The land in transition --; title: Weathered by water --; title: Coastal geomorphology --; title: Von Guérard's Melbourne --; title: Geological and botanical exactitude: the lithographs --; title: Art and science: the Kosciuszko expedition --; title: The imprint of glaciation: New Zealand.