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The Dark Side of the Landscape : The Rural Poor in English Painting, 1730-1840
by John Barrel
A vigorously written account of the changes in the depiction of the rural poor in English landscape painting between 1730 and 1840.
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Landscape and Ideology : The English Rustic Tradition, 1740-1860
by Anne Massey
The most illuminating chapters examine the motivation and evolution of Constable's art. The text, sometimes dense in expression, is supported by well-chosen but less-well-reproduced illustrations (8 color plates) and a thorough bibliography. For the graduate student.
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Landscape and Power
by W. J. Thomas Mitchell
Landscape and Power goes beyond an approach to landscape as a genre. It shows how landscape has functioned as a cultural practice throughout history, from an imperialist endeavour to an emotional reflection of modern national identity
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17th century Dutch landscape paintings
17th century Dutch landscape paintings have been described as empiriccal, naturalistic images of the real Dutch landscape, yet they reflect the social issues and aspirations of the time.
Land transformation occurred in the North Netherlands, during the 17th century. The physical geography of northern Holland dramatically altered by the reclamation of about two hundred thousand acres of land from inland sea, by means of a complex system of dikes and drainage.
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Turner's Watercolours
The use of watercolour paints facilitated the emergence of landscape painting and influenced new developments in the genre.
Turner's use of watercolour in his travel sketches facilitated the emergence of his landscape studies, these early works of topographical watercolour allowed him to develop his innovative handling of the medium. When he applied these watercolour techniques to his oils, they showed influences of the use of freedom of techniques, the observation of light effects and the portrayal of sublimity...
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