George Inness and the Visionary Landscape by Adrienne Baxter Bell

George Inness and the Visionary Landscape by Adrienne Baxter Bell

George Inness and the Visionary Landscape presents both a concise overview of Inness's life and work and a focused examination of his philosophical and religious preoccupations. It shows how Inness, inspired by the ideas of the scientist-mystic Emanuel Swedenborg (1688- 1772), devised a new artistic vocabulary to convey his understanding of the personal visionary experience. Moreover, it reveals commonalities between Inness's prescient work and efforts by the psychologist- philosopher William James (1842-1910) to validate mystical states of mind. It explains for the first time how Inness treated landscape painting as a form of philosophical inquiry that could communicate his holistic belief in the unity of nature and spirit.

Bell, Adrienne Baxter: - Adrienne Baxter Bell, Ph.D., is the author of George Inness: Painting Philosophy and the editor of George Inness: Writings and Reflections on Art and Philosophy (Braziller, 2006). She served as Guest Curator for the exhibition George Inness and the Visionary Landscape (2003-04) and is an Associate Professor of Art History at Marymount Manhattan College, New York.

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ISBN 13	9780807615256
ISBN 10	0807615250
Title	George Inness and the Visionary Landscape
Author	Adrienne Baxter Bell
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	George Braziller
Year published	2003-10-29
Number of pages	174
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