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Emerson's Nature and the Artists - by Tyler Green (Hardcover)

Emerson's Nature and the Artists - by  Tyler Green (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b><b>Illustrated by classic American paintings and photographs, and accompanied with a prescient new appraisal, this stunning publication on Emerson's seminal 1836 essay is at once a meditation on the ways artists influence each other and a timely <i>cri de coeur</i> to cherish and preserve America's landscape.</b><br> </b> <p/>Widely considered to be the foundational text of the American landscape tradition, Ralph Waldo Emerson's <i>Nature</i> urges Americans to value and immerse themselves in their country's landscape, to build American culture from America's nature. Nearly two centuries after the original publication of the essay <i>Nature</i> by Emerson, this captivating book by critic and historian Tyler Green brings together a selection of artistic works in dialog with Emerson's text for the first time. Green also offers his own fascinating take on <i>Nature</i> through new research into how the essay was informed by Emerson's experiences of art and, in turn, how it informed American art well into the twentieth century. The result is a unique melding of essay, art, and ideas that will draw new readers to Emerson's writings, while also introducing a fresh perspective on a critical contribution to the American canon and showing what impact Emerson's text still has for the US to this day.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>TYLER GREEN</b> is an historian, art critic and the producer/host of the <i>Modern Art Notes</i> podcast. His most recent book is <i>Carleton Watkins: Making the West American</i>, which was awarded the 2019 California Book Awards gold medal for contribution to publishing.<br/>

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