This catalogue accompanies the exhibition "Past Time: Geology in European and American Art", on display at The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York from September 21 - December 9, 2018, and at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York from February 16 - May 12, 2019. "First published in 2018 by GILES, an imprint of D Giles Limited"--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references (pages 134-140) and index.
Contents:
Foreword / James Mundy -- Acknowledgments / Patricia Phagan -- Lenders to the exhibition -- An introduction / Patricia Phagan -- Visual language : the complementarity of geology and art / Jill S. Schneiderman -- Catalogue / Patricia Phagan. Caves and natural arches ; Rocks and rock formations ; Mountains, glaciers, and volcanoes ; Cliffs ; Notes to the entries -- Selected bibliography -- Index
Summary:
This is a beautifully illustrated, interdisciplinary volume which explores how European and American artists of the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries revealed a compelling interest in dramatic geologic phenomena: caves and natural arches, boulders and rock formations, mountains, glaciers, volcanoes, and cliffs. From a topographical, often strata-focused means to a later mode that evoked natures great transformational powers over time, European and American artists pursued their cross-cultural travels in seeking geological wonders. The authors address the importance and history of geology, the most popular science of the 1800s. 'Past Time' features a combination of outstanding drawings, watercolours, and brilliant oil sketches and studies, with works by Asher B Durand, Frederic Church, John Singer Sargent, Albert Bierstadt, Thomas Moran, J. M. W. Turner, Joseph Wright of Derby, and Thomas Rowlandson, amongst many others. This volume is a great addition to the currently available publications on the relationship between the growth of natural science and the interest amongst artists in capturing and presenting scientific phenomena and an ever-changing earth. Exhibition: The Francis Lehman Loeb Art Center, Poughkeepsie, USA (21.09. - 09.12.2018).
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.