The Pastoral Landscape

Washington: National Gallery of Art, 1992. Folio in dark green multi-color illus jacket; 228 pages: illustrations (some color); 29 cm; bibliographical references. Class Descriptors: Very fine in very fine jacket; as new in fine dust-jacket. Hardcover. ISBN: 9780894681813

"Experts consider how arts and artists have worked within the pastoral tradition since ancient times." — Publisher. Series: Studies in the history of art / Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, 36; Symposium papers, 20. Contents: Introduction: pastorals and pastoralisms / John Dixon Hunt -- Exploring the grove: pastoral space on Roman walls / Bettina Bergmann -- The Roman villa and the pastoral ideal / Alfred Frazer -- Polyphemus in a landscape: traditions of pastoral courtship / Eleanor Winsor Leach -- The Madrigalian and the formulaic in Andrea Gabrieli's pastoral madrigals / Howard M. Brown -- Pastoral elasticity on the Italian stage and page / Louise George Clubb -- Pastoral parenting: L'astrée / Louise K. Horowitz -- From Arcady to the barnyard / W.R. Rearick -- Pastoral Topoi: on the construction of meaning in landscape / David Rosand -- Pastoral landscape and antiquity: Hadrian's villa / John Pinto -- Notes on some instances of irony in modern pastoral / Jeremy Strick -- Does pastoralism have a future? / Leo Marx. / Pastoral art -- Congresses. Arts -- Congresses. Landscapes in art -- Congresses. Pastorales (Art) -- Congrès. Paysages dans l'art -- Congrès. Arts -- Congrès. Landscapes in art. Arts. Pastoral art. Pastorale schilderkunst. Landschapschilderkunst. Pintura (historia) // **A large, heavy book. Extra shipping charges may apply for international & expedited orders. Does not fint in a USPS global priority flat rate envelope. Please inquire.**