Painting Central Park /
Physical details: 201 pages : illustrations, map ; 32 cm ISBN:9780865653146 (hardback).| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| BOOK | Goodland Non-fiction | Adult reading level | 758.747 TALL PAS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 39124000246929 |
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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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