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Title: Emerson's Nature and the Artists Condition: New Subtitle: Idea as Landscape, Landscape as Idea Author: Tyler Green Format: Hardback ISBN-10: 3791378694 EAN: 9783791378695 ISBN: 9783791378695 Publisher: Prestel Genre: Home Garden & Pets Topic: Arts & Photography, History Release Date: 07/09/2021 Description: Widely considered to be the foundational text of the American landscape tradition, Ralph Waldo Emerson’s Nature urges Americans to value and immerse themselves in their country’s landscape, to build American culture from America's nature. Nearly two centuries after the original publication of the essay Nature by Emerson, this captivating book by critic and historian Tyler Green brings together a selection of artistic works in dialog with Emerson’s text for the first time. Green also offers his own fascinating take on Nature through new research into how the essay was informed by Emerson’s experiences of art and, in turn, how it informed American art well into the twentieth century. The result is a unique melding of essay, art, and ideas that will draw new readers to Emerson’s writings, while also introducing a fresh perspective on a critical contribution to the American canon and showing what impact Emerson's text still has for the US to this day. Language: English Country/Region of Manufacture: DE Item Height: 267mm Item Length: 197mm Item Width: 19mm Item Weight: 822g Release Year: 2021 Missing Information?
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