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  title info:
    non sort: The
    title: art of Texas state parks
    sub title: a centennial celebration, 1923-2023
  name:
    name part: Sansom, Andrew
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: Reaves, Linda J.
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: Reaves, William E.
  name:
    name part: Good, Kevin
    name part: (Conservationist)
  name:
    name part: Smith, Carter P.
    role:
      role term: writer of foreword.
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: txu
    date issued: 2023
    copyright date: 2023
    edition: First edition.
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: xiv, 219 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 28 x 28 cm.
  abstract: In 2023, the Texas Department of Parks and Wildlife marks the 100th anniversary of the state park system. From its inception in 1923, the Texas park system has grown to 95 sites, covering more than 627,000 acres and comprising 74 state parks, 13 historic sites and 8 natural areas. This vast collection of natural lands and public places now accommodates almost nine million visitors each year. "The Art of Texas State Parks" celebrates this rich tradition, offering an engaging visual arts survey of Texas state parks as seen through the eyes of leading artists from across the state. Editors Andrew Sansom and Linda J. Reaves have collected original works from thirty of the state's most influential artists. These stunning visual works are accompanied by a thoughtful essay by William E. Reaves on the time-honored legacy of landscape painting in Texas and by Sansom's reflections on the vital place of landscape art in Texas conservation. Rounding out the collection, assistant state park director Kevin Good offers an informative profile of Texas state parks, and the work concludes with profiles of the artists whose pieces appear in this special centennial collection. The centennial of the state parks system offers the perfect occasion to create a lasting visual record of Texas parks in art while memorializing the past and ongoing development of the distinctive collection of Lone Star parks and natural areas. The Art of Texas State Parks offers readers increased awareness of Texas parklands and heightens their popular appeal through the elegant and inspired works of some of Texas' finest contemporary artists.
  table of contents: A Century of Texas State Parks: Reflections, Recollections, and Aspirations / by Andrew Sansom -- Inspired Lands: Painting the Parks of Texas / by William E. Reaves and Linda J. Reaves -- Gallery of Parks / by Kevin Good -- The State Parks Centennial Artists / by Linda J. Reaves -- Appendix: Texas State Parks.
  note: Andrew Sansom and Linda J. Reaves ; with contributions by William E. Reaves, Kevin Good and state parks centennial artists ; foreword by Carter P. Smith.
  note: Includes index.
  subject:
    geographic code: n-us-tx
  subject:
    topic: Parks
    geographic: Texas
    topic: History
  subject:
    topic: Parks
    geographic: Texas
    genre: Pictorial works
  subject:
    topic: Landscape painting, American
    geographic: Texas
    temporal: 21st century
  subject:
    topic: Parks in art
  classification: SB482.T4 A78 2023
  classification: 333.78/309764
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  identifier: 9781648430688
  identifier: 1648430686
  identifier: 9781648430695
  identifier: 2022006307
  record info:
    record content source: TXA/DLC
    record creation date: 220208
    record change date: 20230503193217.2
    record identifier: in00004662959