In the light of Italy
Subtitle: Corot and early open-air painting
By: Philip Conisbee, Sarah Faunce, Jeremy Strick ; with Peter Galassi, guest curator
Contributors: Faunce, Sarah; Strick, Jeremy; National Gallery of Art (U.S.); Brooklyn Museum; St. Louis Art Museum
Publisher: National Gallery of Art; Yale University Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Washington; New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
Copyright date: 1996
Subjects: Exhibitions; Plein air painting; European Landscape painting; In art
Description: Prominent art historians Philip Conisbee, Sarah Faunce, Jeremy Strick, Peter Galassi, and Vincent Pomarede discuss the cultural, theoretical, and art historical background of this school of outdoor painting. They examine the early history of open-air painting, its theory and practice, the sites of Rome and southern Italy that were painted, and the delicate balance that existed among realism, memory and imagination. A rich selection of representative paintings is discussed and reproduced. The book is the catalogue for an exhibition at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, the Brooklyn Museum, and the Saint Louis Art Museum.
Notes: Exhibitions: National Gallery of Art, Washington, May 26-Sept. 2, 1996; Brooklyn Museum, Oct. 11, 1996-Jan. 12, 1997; Saint Louis Art Museum, Feb. 21-May 18, 1997.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-287) and index.
Table of contents: title: A tribute to J.A. Gere / Peter Galassi; title: The early history of open-air painting / Philip Conisbee; title: Rome and its environs: painters, travelers, and sites / Sarah Faunce; title: Nature studied and nature remembered: the oil sketch in the theory of Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes / Jeremy Strick; title: Realism and recollection / Vincent Pomarède.