Whistler's Venice
New Haven and London: Yale University Press / The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, 2000. Hardcover. Slate gray cloth, navy and color illus. dust jacket, illus. flyleaves, 216 pp., many color and duotone illus.; includes one additional color photograph of one Whistler painting. VG. light shelf-wear lower cover edges & corners. crease to spine top. dustjacket has scuffs, scratches & edge-wear; tear to lower back cover edge; interior foxed. Item #155447
ISBN: 9780300084498
Considers the time spent in Venice by American Gilded Age artist James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903), as he visited and created in the city in 1879 and stayed for more than a year. "This beautifully illustrated book is the first to follow Whistler's progress through Venice as he made his evocative portraits of the city. Alongside each of Whistler's etchings, pastels, and oils are photographs of the actual sites where he made them. ... [The] detailed comparisons of Whistler's works and their corresponding sites reveal much about the artist's methods and techniques, about the changing fabric of the city, and about Whistler's genius as a topographical artist. Grieve also compares Whistler's approach with that of other artists and photographers working in Venice at the same time." (dj) Included here is a publication-ready photograph of his "View in Venice, looking towards the Molo." All in all, a visual delight!
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