George Inness and the Visionary Landscape

ThiseloquentexaminationofInnes\'smostimportantpaintingsilluminatestheartist\'sphilosophicalandreligiouspreoccupations.ItprovidesanoverviewofhislifeandsituatesInnesswithinthecontextsofkeyissuesinAmericanhistory,suchastheHudsonRiverSchool,Transcendentalism,Swedenborgianism,andtheworkofWilliamJames.ItexplainsforthefirsttimehowInnesstreatedlandscapepaintingasaformofphilosophicalinquirythatcouldcommunicatehisholisticbeliefintheunityofnatureandspirit.\"Bell\'shandsomelyillustrated,eloquentlywritten,andwell-documentedtextconsiderablyexpandspreviousscholarship...[A]firstratestudy.Highlyrecommended.\"Choice,