Claude Lorrain
Subtitle: the enchanted landscape
By: Martin Sonnabend and Jon Whiteley, with Christian Rümelin
Contributors: Lorrain, Claude, 1600-1682; Whiteley, Jon; Rümelin, Christian; Ashmolean Museum; Lund Humphries
Publisher: Ashmolean Museum; in association with Lund Humphries
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Oxford; Surrey, UK
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9781854442604; 9781848220928
Subjects: Landscapes in art; Criticism and interpretation; Exhibitions
Other titles: Enchanted landscape
Description: Claude Lorrain (1604-82) is known as the father of European landscape painting. This book sets out to re-appraise his work and look at it through fresh eyes. It unites in a single volume paintings, drawings, and prints from all periods of the artist's life.
Notes: Published to accompany an exhibition held at the Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, 6 October 2011-8 January 2012.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Claude Lorrain: the enchanted landscape  -- Martin Sonnabend; title: Claude's drawings  -- Jon Whiteley; title: Claude Lorrain: the printmaker  -- Martin Sonnabend; title: The search for the 'true appearance of things' -- Christian Rümelin.