The New Golden Land European Images of America from the Discoveries to the Present Time

Name: The New Golden Land European Images of America from the Discoveries to the Present Time
Brand: Pantheon Books
SKU: 9780394497730-G
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The distinguished English art historian Hugh Honour explores the changing image of America as it has evolved in the European mind over the last four centuries. The book draws upon a vast variety of material to show how the landscapes of the New World, its flora and fauna, its peoples and their customs, have been seen by European artists from the early explorations to the present day. Hundreds of reproductions of art works are included, from the woodcut illustrations for Columbus's and Vespucci's letters and the often vivid and beautiful figures of men and animals on early 16th century maps, to John White's watercolors done on the spot at Raleigh's 1st Virginia colony, to Tiepolo's fantastic allegory of America on the ceiling of the Archbishop's palace in Wurzburg, to Picasso's cubist Buffalo Bill. Based on the bicentennial exhibit prepared by Hugh Honour for the National Gallery in Washington and the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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Languages:: Published: English
Number of Pages:: 299
Publisher:: Pantheon Books
Publication Date:: 1975
Weight:: 1338 g

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