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. Full-color
and black-and-white reproductions throughout.
Autor: Adrienne Baxter Bell
Publicación: National Academy of Desing,
New York: 2015
Este libro es una nueva
adquisición del Sistema de Bibliotecas, y desde ahora puede ser consultado en
la Biblioteca del Carmen de Viboral, Colección general, 759.13/I58
