Arts / Art- History / The painted panorama by Bernard Comment

• Book Title: The painted panorama
• Author: Bernard Comment
• ISBN: 0810943654
• Publisher: Abrams
• Year Published: 2000
• Our Price: £52.80 GBP ($87.12 USD)
• Description: Harry N. Abrams 2000: hardcover in dust jacket: approximately 9 by 11 inches tall: 272 pages including index: Black and white and colour illustrations: some full-page, some two-page. Synopsis: A comprehensive examination of the panorama art form . This volume details its development from inception in 1788 to the height of its popularity in the 1900's; examines the development of wide variations in the old and new worlds, including the urban panoramas of Edinburgh, Rome, Paris, and Damascus, the depiction of the Mississippi and Congo rivers, the recording of crucial moments in military campaigns, and the panorama of the crucifixion ; records the development of the panorama from traditional landscape painting; and analyses the complex relationship between viewer and reality in a medium providing a substitution for direct experience. Subjects examined and illustrated include: A. The pursuit of maximum illusion : -- The London panoramas from Leicester Square to the Colosseum. Paris panoramas: from Prevost to Langlois. Panoramas of Germany, Switzerland and the United States before 1870. The new generation 1870 to 1900, The Great E a xhibitions. Prefigure durations. Supporters and detractors. Representation/illusion: a theory of the frame. The limits of illusion. From near/from far. Memory and experience. The individual in the town. Panoramism and panopticism. B, Panoramas in detail : -- Views including rotundas. Cross-sections, elevations, orientation plans, and advertisements. Evolution and variations. Panoramic canvases, drawings, studies and prints. The volume concludes with a genealogy of the panorama, bibliography, photographic acknowledgement, and index. Condition: upper edge of dust jacket slightly rubbed; very clean and good overall.
• Condition: Collectable- Very Good
• Dustcover: Yes
• Binding: Hardback
• Type: Used Books

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