The Rockies and the Alps
Subtitle: Bierstadt, Calame, and the romance of the mountains
By: Katherine Manthorne, Tricia Laughlin Bloom ; with contributions by Patricia Mainardi, James M. Saslow
Contributors: Bloom, Tricia Laughlin, author; Mainardi, Patricia, contributor; Saslow, James M., contributor; Newark Museum
Publisher: Giles Limited, D.
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 175
ISBN-13: 9781907804960; 9780932828262
Subjects: In art; Landscape painting; Mountains in art
Description: Inspired by the grandeur of 'the Rockies and the Alps', American and European artists strove to capture their power in paint. In the mid-19th century, when photographers, scientists, and armchair travellers were awakening to these wonders, improved transportation and accommodations made mountains and glaciers more accessible. This richly illustrated volume brings together dazzling depictions of the Rockies and the Alps, while investigating how geology, flora and fauna, and social and literary contexts relate to the rise of alpine landscape painting.
Notes: "Published on the occasion of the exhibition The Rockies and the Alps : Bierstadt, Calame, and the romance of the mountains, presented at the Newark Museum March 24-August 19, 2018"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 166-170) and index.