Composing Olana: a journey on foot through Frederic Church's greatest work of art /
"Modelled on her acclaimed On the High Line (now in its third edition from Fordham University Press), Composing Olana unfolds as a series of walks along the seven carriage roads Frederic Edwin Church built here in 1860s-1880s. Along the way, LaFarge unpacks the history of everything we see, and...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Fordham University Press,
2026
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | "Modelled on her acclaimed On the High Line (now in its third edition from Fordham University Press), Composing Olana unfolds as a series of walks along the seven carriage roads Frederic Edwin Church built here in 1860s-1880s. Along the way, LaFarge unpacks the history of everything we see, and much that we don't, in the greater landscape, from the Ice Age geology that created it to the artists and conservationists who preserved it. We learn about lesser-known women painters of the Hudson River School; the Native Peoples who lived here before the Europeans arrived; and the mentorship of Church's only teacher, Thomas Cole."-- |
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| Physical Description: | 287 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-174) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781531513078 1531513077 |