Museum Home Past Exhibitions Sur le motif: Painting in Nature around 1800

September 23, 2008–March 8, 2009 at the Getty Center

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Courbet and the Modern Landscape


Courbet and the Modern Landscape
By Mary Morton and Charlotte Eyerman

Sumptuously illustrated, this volume examines Gustave Courbet's distinctly modern practice of landscape painting and his expressive responses to the natural environment.
(Hardcover, $45)

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Nine Letters on Landscape Painting


Nine Letters on Landscape Painting
Written in the Years 1815–1824; with a Letter from Goethe by Way of Introduction
Carl Gustav Carus
Introduction by Oskar Bätschmann
Translation by David Britt

This important document of early German Romanticism is an elegant appeal for the alliance of artistic skill, scientific observation, and emotional truth in the depiction of nature.
(Paperback, $29.95)

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Looking at Paintings: A Guide to Technical Terms


Looking at Paintings: A Guide to Technical Terms
By Dawson W. Carr and Mark Leonard

Fully illustrated, this guide defines the terms related to paintings most often encountered by museumgoers.
(Paperback, $14.95)

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