| Description |
xi, 269 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction : "to unite nature with imagination" -- 1. Approaches to Constable -- 2. Constable's theory and British aesthetics -- 3. "Painting is a science" -- 4. "Making something out of nothing" : the poetry of the art -- 5. "The chiaroscuro of nature" -- 6. "The stamp of composition" -- 7. Constable and the landscape traditions -- 8. "I am always picturesque" -- 9. "Every description of pastoral beauty" -- 10. Grand theory and general landscape |
| Summary |
"In this study, Ray Lambert provides a close study of Constable's landscapes and his writings about them. Linking the artist's theories with those of Joshua Reynolds, Lambert demonstrates that Constable was an intellectual painter whose works are not a revolutionary break with the past. Moreover, his theory and practice place him within the great tradition of landscape painting in the West."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Revision of thesis (Ph.D.)--University of London |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Constable, John, 1776-1837 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Constable, John, 1776-1837 -- Aesthetics.
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Landscape painting, English -- 19th century.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Author |
Constable, John, 1776-1837.
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| LC no. |
2004040790 |
| ISBN |
0521827388 hb |
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