Picturesque and Sublime

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Thomas Cole's Trans-Atlantic Inheritance

Tim Barringer, Gillian Forrester, Sophie Lynford, Jennifer Raab, and Nicholas Robbins

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Landscape art in the early 19th century was guided by two rival concepts: the picturesque, which emphasized touristic pleasures and visual delight, and the sublime, an aesthetic category rooted in notions of fear and danger. British artists including J.M.W. Turner and John Constable raised landscape painting to new heights and their work reached global audiences through the circulation of engravings. Thomas Cole, born in England, emigrated to the United States in 1818, and first absorbed the picturesque and sublime through print media. Cole transformed British and continental European traditions to create a distinctive American form of landscape painting. The authors here explore the role of prints as agents of artistic transmission and look closely at how Cole’s own creative process was driven by works on paper such as drawings, notebooks, letters, and manuscripts. Also considered is the importance of the parallel works of William Guy Wall, best known for his pioneering Hudson River Portfolio. Beautifully illustrated with works on paper ranging from watercolors to etchings, mezzotints, aquatints, engravings, and lithographs, as well as notable paintings, this book offers important insights into Cole’s formulation of a profound new category in art—the American sublime.

Published in association with the Thomas Cole National Historic Site

Exhibition Schedule:

Thomas Cole National Historic Site
(05/01/18–11/04/18)

Tim Barringer is Paul Mellon Professor in the History of Art at Yale University. Gillian Forrester is senior curator of historic fine art at the Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester. Jennifer Raab is assistant professor in the history of art at Yale University. Sophie Lynford and Nicholas Robbins are doctoral candidates in the history of art at Yale University.

EXHIBITION SCHEDULE

Thomas Cole National Historic Site
(05/01/18–11/04/18)

“This fine publication, produced to the high standards of reproduction and design for which Yale University Press art books have long being known mark a significant development in Cole scholarship and will surely help to establish him internationally as a major artistic figure with a message still relevant for today.” —William Vaughan, The Art Newspaper

ISBN: 9780300233537
Publication Date: April 17, 2018
Publishing Partner: Published in association with the Thomas Cole National Historic Site

192 pages, 9 x 11
120 color illus.

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