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Painting Central Park /

by Pasquier, Roger F.,
Additional authors: Burden, Amanda, -- writer of foreword.
Physical details: 201 pages : illustrations, map ; 32 cm ISBN:9780865653146 (hardback).
Subject(s): Art, American -- Themes, motives. | ART / General. | Central Park (New York, N.Y.) -- In art.
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Non-fiction 		Adult reading level 758.747 TALL PAS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 39124000246929

Includes bibliographical references (page 198) and index.

"Central Park is "one of the greatest works of art in America" and it has inspired many of America's greatest painters. Among the major figures who have depicted the park's landscapes and activities are Bellows, Chase, Glackens, Hassam, Henri, Hopper, Prendergast, and Sloan, as well as living artists like Christo and Estes. Their work shows early views of the park in construction, its major landmarks, the evolving vistas of the cityscape, and the park's human element--scenes of crowds at play and people in solitary contemplation. Painting Central Park provides a rich and varied visual history of this urban oasis, reflecting much of the American social experience in the quintessential American park"--

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