Landscape and Western Art, Paperback/***

What is landscape? How does it differ from "land"? This book explores issues raised by the great range of ideas and images of the natural world in Western art since the Renaissance. Topics include landscape as cultural construct and landscape art as picturesque. Context is considered throughout. Publisher: Oxford University Press Author(s): Malcolm (Professor of Victorian and Visual Studies, Professor of Victorian and Visual Studies, University of Kent, Canterbury) Andrews Illustration(s): numerous colour and black and white halftones Number of pages: 256 Collection: Oxford History of Art Publication date: 1999 Dimensions: 238 x 155 x 17 Cover type: Paperback / softback