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The Alps : in panoramic paintings /

As downhill skiing became popular in 20th-century Europe, resorts in the Austrian, German, French, and Swiss Alps commissioned paintings of their ski runs to turn into maps. The best of these paintings are now featured in this book showing the artists' ability to combine technical virtuosity, g...

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Bibliographic Details
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Language Notes:	Translated from the German.
Published:	Munich ; New York : Prestel, [2019]
Subjects:	Mountains in art. Alps > Pictorial works. Alps > Maps. Maps in art. Illustrated works.

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