Painting Central Park /

Painting Central Park /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Pasquier, Roger F., author.
Imprint:	New York : The Vendome Press, 2015. ©2015
Description:	201 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 32 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Art, American -- Themes, motives. Art, American -- Themes, motives. Central Park (New York, N.Y.) -- In art. New York (State) -- New York -- Central Park. Art.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10380555

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Other authors / contributors:	Burden, Amanda, writer of foreword.
ISBN:	9780865653146 0865653143
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"Central Park is 'one of the greatest works of art in America' and it has inspired many of America's greatest painters. Among the major figures who have depicted the park's landscapes and activities are Bellows, Chase, Glackens, Hassam, Henri, Hopper, Prendergast, and Sloan, as well as living artists like Christo and Estes. Their work shows early views of the park in construction, its major landmarks, the evolving vistas of the cityscape, and the park's human element--scenes of crowds at play and people in solitary contemplation. Painting Central Park provides a rich and varied visual history of this urban oasis, reflecting much of the American social experience in the quintessential American park"--

Table of Contents:

The park's first artists
A walk in the park with painters
Popular activities
Celebrations and quiet times
The frame around the park.