A Luminous Land : Artists Discover Greece (1998)

by Richard Stoneman

Other authors: David Fuller (Cartographer), J. Paul Getty Museum (Issuing Body), Pamela Patrusky Mass (Designer)

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Watercolors, paintings, etchings, and drawings inspired by artists' visits to Greece. An anthology of depictions of Greece compiled from private and public collections around the world. The color and b & w images are framed by text which explores the changing attitude of travelers to Greece from medieval to modern times as well as the relationship of artists to Greece, with particular emphasis upon the German painters of the 1830s and their pupils. A number of the selections relate to the historic events surrounding the War of Independence. 9.5x11.… (more)

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Richard Stoneman	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Fuller, David	Cartographer	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
J. Paul Getty Museum	Issuing Body	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Mass, Pamela Patrusky	Designer	secondary author	all editions	confirmed

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A Luminous Land : Artists Discover Greece

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A Luminous Land : Artists Discover Greece

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1998

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To All My Friends in Greece.

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Even in the present generation, classical scholars have been heard to boast that they have never sullied their understanding of the classics by a visit to the country where the works they study were created.

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Watercolors, paintings, etchings, and drawings inspired by artists' visits to Greece. An anthology of depictions of Greece compiled from private and public collections around the world. The color and b & w images are framed by text which explores the changing attitude of travelers to Greece from medieval to modern times as well as the relationship of artists to Greece, with particular emphasis upon the German painters of the 1830s and their pupils. A number of the selections relate to the historic events surrounding the War of Independence. 9.5x11.

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