A luminous land : artists discover Greece /

By:

Stoneman, Richard

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

Subject(s):

LOC classification:

N8214.5.G8 S76 1998

Other classification:

20.21

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. 9.5x11.

List(s) this item appears in: Richardson Collection

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Reference	Carleton University, AVRC	Richardson Collection - Non CIrculating - Call No. Accompanied by Red Dot	Open-stacks	N8214.5.G8 S76 1998 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not for loan		16055001496

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

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