In the Light of Italy: Corot and Early Open-Air Painting

Washington D.C. and New Haven, CT: National Gallery of Art; Yale University Press, 1996. Cloth, 288 pages, illustrations (some colour), maps; 31 cm. Exhibition held at the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., May 26 to September 2, 1996; Brooklyn Museum, October 11, 1996 to January 12, 1997; and Saint Louis Art Museum, February 21 to May 18, 1997. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "Prominent art historians Philip Conisbee, Sarah Faunce, Jeremy Strick, Peter Galassi, and Vincent Pomarede discuss the cultural, theoretical, and art historical background of this school of outdoor painting. They examine the early history of open-air painting, its theory and practice, the sites of Rome and southern Italy that were painted, and the delicate balance that existed among realism, memory and imagination. A rich selection of representative paintings is discussed and reproduced." - Publisher. CONTENTS: A tribute to J. A. Gere, by Peter Galassi; The early history of open-air painting, by Philip Conisbee; Rome and its environs: painters, travelers, and sites, by Sarah Faunce; Nature studied and nature remembered: the oil sketch in the theory of Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes, by Jeremy Strick; Realism and recollection, by Vincent Pomarede.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. Folio. Collectible.