Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-153) and index.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: 10. Down by the Riverside. 2. Albrecht Durer and the Linden Tree -- 3. The New Earth: Jan van Eyck's Adoration of the Mystic Lamb -- 4. The `Transcendent Perfections of Trees': The Poet's Catalogue -- 5. The Copse -- 6. Survivor Sole -- 7. The Sights of Tivoli -- 8. Sonian Sylva: Love in a Ducal Forest -- 9. Sea of Leaves: The Heart of the Forest -- 10. Down by the Riverside.
Summary:
Woodland Imagery in Northern Art reconnects us with the woodland scenery that abounds in Western painting, from Albrecht Durer's intense studies of verdant trees, to the works of many other Northern European artists who captured 'the truth of vegetation' in their work. These incidents of remarkable scenery in the visual arts have received little attention in the history of art, until now. Prosperetti brings together a set of essays which are devoted to the poetics of the woodlands in the work of the great masters, including Claude Lorrain, Jan van Eyck, Jacob van Ruisdael, Peter Paul Rubens, Rembrandt and Leonardo da Vinci, amongst others.0 Through an examination of aesthetics and eco-poetics, this book draws attention to the idea of lyrical naturalism as a conceptual bridge that unites the power of poetry with the allurement of the natural world. Engagingly written and beautifully illustrated throughout, Woodland Imagery in Northern Art strives to stimulate the return of the woodlands to the places where they belong - in people's minds and close to home.
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