Hudson River School: 385 Paintings - Albert Bierstadt, Asher Durand, Frederic Church, George Inness, Thomas Cole, Thomas Moran + 6 more artists
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Hudson River School: 385 Paintings - Albert Bierstadt, Asher Durand, Frederic Church, George Inness, Thomas Cole, Thomas Moran + 6 more artists Details
(Revised 8/2015 - 385 Larger (HD) Hudson River School paintings with biography/interesting facts page and annotations. Two new artists have been added to the revision, Albert Bierstadt and Sanford Robinson Gifford. Formatted for all Kindle devices, Kindle for iOS and Android Tablets.)HUDSON RIVER SCHOOL Art Book contains 385 spectacular reproductions of landscapes, seascapes, wildlife and pastoral scenes with annotations and biography/interesting facts page for each artist. Book includes Table of Contents, Top 50 Museums of the World, and is formatted for all Kindle devices, Kindle for iOS and Android Tablets (use rotate and/or zoom feature on landscape/horizontal images for optimal viewing).HUDSON RIVER SCHOOL ARTISTSAlbert Bierstadt, Asher B. Durand, Frederic E. Church, George Inness, Jasper F. Cropsey, John Kensett, Martin Johnson Heade, Sanford Robinson Gifford, Thomas Cole, Thomas Doughty, Thomas Moran, Worthington Whittredge.INTERESTING FACTS:§ Hudson River School was a mid-19th century art movement by a group of landscape painters influenced by romanticism.§ Artist Thomas Cole is acknowledged as the founder of the Hudson River School.§ The first generation of H.R.S artists only painted the Hudson River Valley and surrounding areas.§ The H.R.S paintings reflect three primary themes: exploration, discovery and settlement.§ The H.R.S artists believed that nature in the form of the American landscape was an ineffable manifestation of God.§ The H.R.S paintings prompted people to preserve the national parks and create city parks.
Reviews
This Kindle book has some 150 stunning reproductions by about a dozen painters belonging the Hudson River School - a mid-19th century American art movement created by a group of landscape artists whose inspiration was affected by the current romantic ideas. Needless to say, the paintings are predominantly of landscapes. The landscapes were originally from the Hudson River Valley - a geological formation running north to south down the eastern edge of New York State - and surrounding areas (hence the name); later also from more of the eastern United States, and from some regions of South America, of Italy and of Greece.Unfortunately, unlike the other Kindle books showing reproductions of paintings, this particular one is poorly put together, the main (although not the only) fault being that the paintings do not show an author or a title.There is a list, immediately following the front cover, titled “Browse Photos” which does contain said authors and titles, each a link to the actual painting, but - as far as I have been able to determine - the painting does not have a link back to its title. If it did, going back and forth between painting and title would be time consuming.The title and author of the paintings in the “Browse Photos” list are grouped together by artist, but, when looking at the actual reproductions, there are no indications of the beginning or end of each group. This makes it sometimes difficult to know when one group ends and the other begins. The artists in the “Browse Photos” list are arranged in alphabetical order by their first names, which is unusual.Albert Bierstadt - first artist in the “Browse Photos” list and represented by about 40 different works - is not on the front cover, which shows most of the other artists. This omission may confuse the customer trying to purchase the bookThe copyright page and some other written information are located somewhere in the middle of the book following a second “cover page”?!?!?!?!All in all, the book is confusing and difficult to handle by any reader who would like to do more than just look at some spectacular landscapes. The two editors may have selected some beautiful works, which were excellently reproduced, but it seems as if they forgot to organize them in a user friendly manner. Considering the higher price of this book, when compared to many of the others of the same kind, so many inaccuracies are difficult to accept.The authors should add artist names and titles to each painting and correct the other errors. The revised edition should be provided to the customers who purchased the present edition at no extra charge.Five stars for the paintings. One for the organization.