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fast delivery in very good condition for a used book/only a slight dent on one corner. ... Read more

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Bierstadt Book
This is a nice book and resonably priced for anyone enjoying a book on Bierstadt and some of his paintings.

One of the greatest painters in American history
Bierstadt was one of the greatest painters in American history.It's a pretty sorry situation that this seems to be the only major book on him in print.However, this is still a good book. Read it.Also, check my Amazon Listmania list on landscape painting for more books about the beauty of nature.

Informative yet slightly lacking
The huge colored cover led me to believe the book would be filled with likewise large color plates.Not so... most of the pictures are around 8" x 5" with the rest of the page left blank.Each picture has the history behind it which is great.Just wish the pictures themselves had been larger. ... Read more

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Bierstadt book
The book is o.k. but it was not what I was looking for. There wasn't a good description of this book so I just took a chance.I was (and still am)looking for a large coffee table type book that just shows all or at least the vast majority of his work (IN COLOR) and large plates.This book was the story of his entire life and along the way they displayed some of his work however, many of the photos of the prints were in black and white.When you have an artist like Albert Bierstadt who was famous for his use of a rich color palette why on earth would you print the majority of his works in black and white?That was really disappointing.It is an excellent book for someone who is doing research on him but not if you want to see a good archive of his work.


David T.

Vistas Supreme
As explained in this wonderful book of his images of western America, Bierstadt's gift was to portray America at a time before the images reflected were the subject of quality photographs.His abilities to convey the magnificent grandeur of America "speak" for themselves.Hendricks' commentary is most interesting in detailing the biography of this great artist, as he came from Germany to the United States. A plug is called for regarding the Amon Carter Museum in Ft. Worth, which co-published this work and which is a must-see for all who come to the Dallas-Ft. Worth area and are interested in Western art.

Beautiful book examining the works of a poignant American artist
I became introduced to the artist "Albert Bierstadt," in my art history class a few years ago, and I have been a fan of his work ever since.
Having trained in Europe, like many American artists of the 19th century, Bierstadt embarked upon a series of expeditions to the far west of America in his late twenties.It was as if he felt a need to know the full scope of his adopted country before he could settle down and paint.What he discovered on these adventures in the West revealed to him the extraordinary majesty of an untouched America.The west was still a wilderness, where native Americans lived without polluting or disrupting the natural majesty of the land.For those cities in the cities of the East, who, until then had had no concept of what the non-industrialized heartland of their country looked like, Bierstadt's work was astonishing and uplifting.
Bierstadt's paintings of the American wilderness also have an implicit spiritual significance.The land he painted was a paradisiacal world, a world of great simplicity and purity, into which human beings were privileged to enter, and must do so aware of the responsibilities of their inheritance.

The best Bierstadt book out there
It's a shame that this book commands such high prices in used bookstores. It's certainly time for the publisher to reintroduce this fine book for the general book trade. The last few years has seen a resurrgence of interest in the Hudson River School and Bierstatd has always been my favorite American landscape artist. His works are monumental and part and parcel of the American experience. Think about it, before photography, Bierstadt's paintings went on national tour and were extremely popular as people got their first glimpse of the grandeur of Yosemite, the Rocky Mountains, and the Western landscape in general. Sure his works were embellished but only to elevate the subject matter, but in nature these sights transcend the human moment, which you can only describe by seeing it for yourself. ... Read more

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process.We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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Chapters: Thomas Cole, Robert Scott Duncanson, Sanford Robinson Gifford, Kaaterskill Falls, Martin Johnson Heade, Albert Bierstadt, List of Hudson River School Artists, Thomas Cole House, North-south Lake, Frederic Edwin Church, Robert Walter Weir, Ransome Gillett Holdridge, Catskill Mountain House, Asher Brown Durand, Olana State Historic Site, the Course of Empire, the Oxbow, Jasper Francis Cropsey, John Frederick Kensett, Thomas Moran, William Hart, Edmund Darch Lewis, Samuel Colman, William Stanley Haseltine, James Mcdougal Hart, Worthington Whittredge, Jervis Mcentee, Hermann Ottomar Herzog, Alfred Thompson Bricher, Thomas Doughty, David Johnson. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 153. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Robert Scott Duncanson (1821 December 21, 1872) was born in Seneca County, New York in 1821. Duncansons father was a Canadian of Scottish descent and his mother was an African American, thus making him a freeborn person of color. Duncanson, an artist who is relatively unknown today, painted America, both physically and figuratively, at a time when the country was in turmoil. Beautiful and serene, Duncansons work sheds light on American art that has been forgotten over the years. As a young boy, Duncanson lived with his father in Canada, while his mother lived in Mount Pleasant, Ohio, a village fifteen miles (24 km) north of Cincinnati. It was not until the summer of 1841 that Duncanson left Canada for Mount Pleasant. Upon his return to his mothers home, Duncanson said, Ive come back to be an artist. Yearning to do more with paint than use it on houses, as he had been doing since 1838 with his house painting and decorating venture, he moved to Cincinnati, which seemed to be the right place. Around this time period, Cincinnati was known as the Athens of the West. Al...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=5396761 ... Read more

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A celebration of the work of this German immigrant and Hudson River School painter features seventy-five full-color and fifteen black- and-white reproductions of his most important works. ... Read more

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Les achats comprennent une adhésion à l'essai gratuite au club de livres de l'éditeur, dans lequel vous pouvez choisir parmi plus d'un million d'ouvrages, sans frais. Le livre consiste d'articles Wikipedia sur : Frederic Edwin Church, Albert Bierstadt, Worthington Whittredge, Thomas Cole, Jervis Mcentee, Sanford Robinson Gifford, Asher Durand. Non illustré. Mises à jour gratuites en ligne. Extrait : L'Hudson River School (école de l'Hudson) est un mouvement artistique né aux États-Unis du siècle, fondé par un groupe de peintres du paysage influencés par le romantisme. L'Hudson River School regroupe plusieurs peintres américains qui travaillèrent des années 1820 aux années 1870. En réalité, l'expression a été forgée qu'en 1879. Premier mouvement pictural né aux États-Unis, Thomas Cole (1801-1848) est considéré comme son fondateur. Ce dernier s'installa à Catskill (état de New York) en 1836, et fut imité par d'autres peintres formant ainsi l'école de l'Hudson. Les peintres de la première génération s'attachent à représenter la vallée de l'Hudson River et ses alentours, mais aussi les Catskill Mountains, les Adirondacks et les montagnes Blanches, dans le Nord-Est des États-Unis. Ils figurent essentiellement des paysages sur de grands formats. Les artistes de l'Hudson River School appliquent la philosophie du Sublime. Ils pensent que la Nature est la manifestation de la puissance et de la bonté divine. Les paysages préservés des États-Unis sont comparés au Paradis originel. Après la mort de Thomas Cole en 1848, Asher Durand (1796-1886) prit la tête du mouvement. Celui-ci devint le président de la National Academy of Design et codifia les règles de la peinture du paysage. Pourtant, les peintres de l'Hudson River School ne sont pas issus des mêmes milieux sociaux et n'ont pas exactement le même style. Beaucoup d'entre eux travaillent dans le Studio Building sur West Tenth Street à New York. La seconde génération de l'Hudson River S...http://booksllc.net/?l=fr ... Read more

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Albert Bierstadt (* 7. Januar 1830 in Solingen; † 18. Februar 1902 in New York City) war ein amerikanischer Maler deutscher Herkunft. Als Bierstadt zwei Jahre alt war, verließen seine Eltern gemeinsam mit zwei weiteren Söhnen Deutschland und siedelten sich 1833 in New Bedford, Massachusetts an, damals ein wichtiges Zentrum der amerikanischen Walfangindustrie. Bierstadts Vater hatte dort Arbeit als Kellermeister gefunden. Über seine Jugendjahre ist wenig bekannt. 1850 begann Bierstadt, der Autodidakt war, eine professionelle Laufbahn als Zeichenlehrer. In dieser Frühphase lernte er Daguerreotypisten kennen, die sein Interesse für Fotografien weckten. Sein Bruder Edward wurde Berufsfotograf. ... Read more