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An unprecedented and eye-opening examination of the early career of
one of America's most celebrated photographers One of the most
influential photographers of his generation, Ansel Adams
(1902-1984) is famous for his dramatic photographs of the American
West. Although many of Adams's images are now iconic, his early
work has remained largely unknown. In this first monograph
dedicated to the beginnings of Adams's career, Rebecca A. Senf
argues that these early photographs are crucial to understanding
Adams's artistic development and offer new insights into many
aspects of the artist's mature oeuvre. Drawing on copious archival
research, Senf traces the first three decades of Adams's
photographic practice-beginning with an amateur album made during
his childhood and culminating with his Guggenheim-supported
National Parks photography of the 1940s. Highlighting the artist's
persistence in forging a career path and his remarkable ability to
learn from experience as he sharpened his image-making skills, this
beautifully illustrated volume also looks at the significance of
the artist's environmentalism, including his involvement with the
Sierra Club. Published in association with the Center for Creative
Photography at the University of Arizona
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Our relationship with trees is a lengthy, complex one. Since we
first walked the earth we have, at various times, worshiped them,
felled them and even talked to them. For many of us, though, our
first memories of interacting with trees will be of climbing them.
Exploring how tree climbers have been represented in literature and
art in Europe and North America over the ages, The Tree Climbing
Cure unpacks the curative value of tree climbing, examining when
and why tree climbers climb, and what tree climbing can do for (and
say about) the climber's mental health and wellbeing. Bringing
together research into poetry, novels, and paintings with the
science of wellbeing and mental health and engaging with myth,
folklore, psychology and storytelling, Tree Climber also examines
the close relationship between tree climbing and imagination, and
questions some longstanding, problematic gendered injunctions about
women climbing trees. Discussing, among others, the literary works
of Margaret Atwood; Charlotte Bronte; Geoffrey Chaucer; Angela
Carter; Kiran Desai; and J.R.R. Tolkien, as well as work by artists
such as Peter Doig; Paula Rego; and Goya, this book stands out as
an almost encyclopedic examination of cultural representations of
this quirky and ultimately restorative pastime.
The odore Rousseau (1812-1867), arguably the most important French
landscape artist of the mid-nineteenth century and a leader of the
so-called Barbizon School, occupies a crucial moment of transition
from the idealizing effects of academic painting to the radically
modern vision of the Impressionists. He was an experimental artist
who rejected the traditional historical, biblical, or literary
subject matter in favor of "unruly nature," a Romantic naturalism
that confounded his contemporaries with its "bizarre" compositional
and coloristic innovations. Lavishly illustrated and thoroughly
documented, this volume includes five essays by experts in the
field. Scott Allan and Edouard Kopp alternately examine Rousseau's
diverse techniques and working procedures as a painter and as a
draftsman, as well as his art's mixed economic and critical
fortunes on the art market and at the Salon. Line Clausen
Pedersen's essay focuses on Mont Blanc Seen from La Faucille, Storm
Effect, an early touchstone for the artist and a spectacular
example of the Romantic sublime in the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek's
collection. This catalogue accompanies an eponymous exhibition on
view at the J. Paul Getty Museum from June 21 to September 11,
2016, and at the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek from October 13, 2016, to
January 8, 2017.
Painting Landscapes in Watercolour is an ideal resource for the
artist with a limited experience of using watercolours, who wants
to develop their confidence and stretch their skills a little
further. The author guides the reader through every aspect of
producing a polished watercolour, from choosing the correct brushes
and paper, through structure and composition, to completing the
finished work.
Thomas J. Lyon Book Award from the Western Literature Association A
Planetary Lens delves into the history of the photo-book, the
materiality of the photographic image on the page, and the cultural
significance of landscape to reassess the value of print, to locate
the sites where stories resonate, and to listen to western women's
voices. From foundational California photographers Anne Brigman and
Alma Lavenson to contemporary Native poets and writers Leslie
Marmon Silko and Joy Harjo, women artists have used photographs to
generate stories and to map routes across time and place. A
Planetary Lens illuminates the richness and theoretical
sophistication of such composite texts. Looking beyond the
ideologies of wilderness, migration, and progress that have shaped
settler and popular conceptions of the region, A Planetary Lens
shows how many artists gather and assemble images and texts to
reimagine landscape, identity, and history in the U.S. West. Based
on extensive research into the production, publication, and
circulation of women's photo-texts, A Planetary Lens offers a fresh
perspective on the entangled and gendered histories of western
American photography and literature and new models for envisioning
regional relations.
Every Sunday evening for almost ten years, Iowa photographer and
naturalist Carl Kurtz has e-mailed a photo and an extended caption
to hundreds of outdoor enthusiasts. Engaging and informative, the
photos focus on the world around and away from his tallgrass
prairie homeplace: snow buntings in a blizzard, maple leaves in
fall, migrating snow geese and red-winged blackbirds and monarchs,
prairie spiderworts in spring bloom, leopard frogs loafing on
waterlily leaves, northern flickers feeding young, and all the
inhabitants and moods of the passing seasons. Now, in A Year of
Iowa Nature, he presents fifty-five of his favourite photos along
with an evocative introduction that urges us to go forth and
discover the beauty in our own backyards. Concentrating on Iowa's
tallgrass prairie, Kurtz also points his viewfinder toward the
great variety of natural habitats in the eastern United States.
Arranged chronologically throughout the year, the fifty-five colour
photos and their accompanying narratives rotate through the seasons
like a nature film. The winter months showcase a frost-covered
white-tailed deer, cedar waxwings feeding on winter apples, a
muskrat on the surface of an icy pond, and dune-like snowdrifts.
Kurtz's palette warms up in springtime with stunning photos of
Virginia bluebells, fox cubs, juvenile chipmunks, and ruddy ducks.
Summer brings a host of butterflies, frogs, and goldfinches as well
as blooming prairie plants. The colours become more subdued in fall
with the change in light, revealing the rich hues of Indian grass
and big bluestem and the subtle plumage of migrating warblers. Just
as Kurtz's Practical Guide to Prairie Reconstruction offers an
indispensable manual for individuals and land managers working to
create a diverse prairie community, so does A Year of Iowa Nature
point the way toward a sincere, month-by-month appreciation of the
natural world around us.
This book highlights a century of landscape art inspired by the
Mount Assiniboine area of the Canadian Rockies from 1899 to 2006.
The book includes a preface by Robert Sandford and an introduction
discussing the history of exploration of the region, early ascents
of Mount Assiniboine, the development of tourism, and the
significant art this majestic peak has inspired. Illustrations in
the introduction include four black-and-white archival photos,
along with five colour reproductions of Mary Vaux Walcott's
stunning watercolours of wildflowers sketched in the area. The main
text presents 42 colour plates illustrating a wide variety of
styles and media from 23 artists including A P Coleman, Carl
Rungius, James Simpson, Belmore Browne, Barbara and A C Leighton,
Catharine and Peter Whyte, W J Phillips and A Y Jackson.Of these,
only seven have been previously published. The colour plates are
organised into three sections: approaching Assiniboine from the
northwest; east of Assiniboine; and Mount Assiniboine itself. Each
section is introduced with a black-and-white archival photograph
and a quotation. The book concludes with a list of artists,
endnotes, a full bibliography and an index.
Rivers can be enchanting or exciting, but are always absorbing.
They provide a myriad of painting opportunities and challenges for
the artist. Focusing on watercolour - one of the most direct of
mediums - this practical book explains how to paint a river and
capture its life, light, movement, colour and interest. With over
200 colour images, Rob Dudley shares his methods, techniques and
ideas to make this beautiful book a must-have for all landscape and
en plein-air artists.
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