American Paradise: The World of the Hudson River School (The Metropolitan Museum of Art) by John K. Howat
English | Nov. 1987 | ISBN: 0870994972, 0810911655 | 347 Pages | PDF | 60.5 MB
English | Nov. 1987 | ISBN: 0870994972, 0810911655 | 347 Pages | PDF | 60.5 MB
The excellent catalog of the exhibition organized by the Metropolitan Museum. The well-written essays, by Met curators, chart the 19th-century rise and fall of the first native school of landscape painting. The catalog includes most of the well-known and many lesser-known Hudson River pictures, discussed in depth for both specialists and generalists. The book is well-organized and well-indexed, and, while not breaking great new ground, is highly recommended. The plates are generally good.