Jacob van Ruisdael, master of Landscape

No old master artist begins to match the variety of lanscapes Jacob van Ruisadel (1628-9-1682) depicted during the course of his career, nor his grandeur of conception and skill in portraying natural phenomena. His themes span identifiable towns, cities, and castles; rural scenes, both cultivated and wild, seascapes and shore scenes, rivers, bridges and sluices; rushing torrents and Scandinavian waterfalls. In this beautifully illustrated book, Seymour Slive demonst... >Voir plus