Samuel Palmer (1805-1881) Vision and Landscape

by Harrison, Colin; Barker, Elizabeth E.; Vaughan, William

• ISBN13: 9780853319320
• ISBN10: 0853319324
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-09-28
• Publisher: Lund Humphries

Summary

"Samuel Palmer (1805-81) is one of the most original and influential of British painters. A younger contemporary of Turner and Constable, he looked at nature as much with the inner as with the outer eye, producing vision-inspired landscapes of unprecedented boldness and great poetic richness that form a striking contrast to the dominating naturalism of the day." "Marking the bicentenary of Palmer's birth, this catalogue is published to accompany the largest retrospective exhibition of his work for nearly eighty years. Bringing together nearly all his greatest works from collections around the world, supplemented with essays by eight distinguished scholars, it celebrates the full range of the artist's achievement."--BOOK JACKET.

Table of Contents

Contents

Introduction - Palmer's Vision

Palmer's Literary Inspiration

Palmer and the Politics of Landscape

Palmer and Richmond

Palmer and the Neo-Romantics

The Romantic Visionary

Early Years

The Primitive Vision

Shoreham and the Ancients

Later Shoreham

The Victorian

The Traveller

Italy

Sketches and Idylls

The Lonely Tower

Chronology

Select Bibliography

Glossary

Index

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