A Tour to Quebec, in the Autumn of 1819 (Classic Reprint)
A Tour to Quebec, in the Autumn of 1819 (Classic Reprint)

Author: Benjamin Silliman

Publisher:

Published: 2016-06-26

Total Pages: 146

ISBN-13: 9781332951352

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Excerpt from A Tour to Quebec, in the Autumn of 1819 N atubal scenery is intimately connected with taste, moral feeling, utility, and instruction. In no country, per is it more varied than in North America, and it constantly eana close relation to the geological structure of the di 'erent regions. Even in so limited a country as (buttecticut, there are features so widely dill'erent as hardl to escape the observation of the most negligent traveller. He greater of this state being composed of primitive formations, cahi its the usual aspect of such countries, and is, with few exceptions, (and those re lating principally to the alluvion of rivers and of the sea-shore, ) hilly or mountainous. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."

Art and the Empire City
Art and the Empire City

Author: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 658

ISBN-13: 0870999575

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Presented in conjunction with the September 2000 exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum, this volume presents the complex story of the proliferation of the arts in New York and the evolution of an increasingly discerning audience for those arts during the antebellum period. Thirteen essays by noted specialists bring new research and insights to bear on a broad range of subjects that offer both historical and cultural contexts and explore the city's development as a nexus for the marketing and display of art, as well as private collecting; landscape painting viewed against the background of tourism; new departures in sculpture, architecture, and printmaking; the birth of photography; New York as a fashion center; shopping for home decorations; changing styles in furniture; and the evolution of the ceramics, glass, and silver industries. The 300-plus works in the exhibition and comparative material are extensively illustrated in color and bandw. Oversize: 9.25x12.25". Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR

Picturesque and Sublime
Picturesque and Sublime

Author: Tim Barringer

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2018-01-01

Total Pages: 193

ISBN-13: 0300233531

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Thomas Cole (1801-1848) is widely acknowledged as the founder of American landscape painting. Born in England, Cole emigrated in 1818 to the United States, where he transformed British and continental European traditions to create a distinctive American idiom. He embraced the picturesque, which emphasized touristic pleasures, and the sublime, an aesthetic category rooted in notions of fear and danger. Including striking paintings and a broad range of works on paper, from watercolors to etchings, mezzotints, aquatints, engravings, and lithographs, this book explores the trans-Atlantic context for Cole's oeuvre. These works chart a history of landscape aesthetics and demonstrate the essential role of prints as agents of artistic transmission. The authors offer new interpretations of work by Cole and the British artists who influenced him, including J.M.W. Turner and John Constable, revealing Cole's debt to artistic traditions as he formulated a profound new category in art. the American sublime.

Remarks Made on a Short Tour Between Hartford and Quebec
Remarks Made on a Short Tour Between Hartford and Quebec

Author: Silliman Benjamin

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-02-25

Total Pages: 428

ISBN-13: 9780666368591

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Excerpt from Remarks Made on a Short Tour Between Hartford and Quebec: In the Autumn of 1819 The historical remarks and citations have been the more extended, from an impression, that less has been said by travellers in America, than might have been expected, Of scenes and events, which, to Americans, I conceive, must ever be subjects Of the deepest interest. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.