A lumnious land [electronic resource] : arists discover Greece / Richard Stoneman.

By:

Stoneman, Richard [author]

Contributor(s):

J. Paul Getty Museum

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Getty Publications virtual libraryPublication details: Los Angeles : J.Paul Getty Museum, 1998.Description: 1 online resource (ix, 178 p.) : illContent type:

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ISBN:

089236467X
9780892364671

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Getty Publications Virtual Library

Contents:

Chronological table -- Map of Greece -- Introduction: Seeing Greece -- Athens -- Attica and Aegina -- Peloponnese -- Ionian Islands -- Central, Western, and Northern Greece -- Aegean Islands and Crete -- Biographical sketches of artists -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgements.

Summary: "Watercolors, paintings, etchings, and drawings inspired by artists' visits to Greece. An anthology of depictions of Greece compiled from private and public collections around the world. The color and b&w images are framed by text which explores the changing attitude of travelers to Greece from medieval to modern times as well as the relationship of artists to Greece, with particular emphasis upon the German painters of the 1830s and their pupils. A number of the selections relate to the historic events surrounding the War of Independence."-- Publisher's description.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 170-172) and index.

"Watercolors, paintings, etchings, and drawings inspired by artists' visits to Greece. An anthology of depictions of Greece compiled from private and public collections around the world. The color and b&w images are framed by text which explores the changing attitude of travelers to Greece from medieval to modern times as well as the relationship of artists to Greece, with particular emphasis upon the German painters of the 1830s and their pupils. A number of the selections relate to the historic events surrounding the War of Independence."-- Publisher's description.