Tyler Green es un aclamado crítico e historiador cuyo trabajo profundiza en figuras y épocas clave del arte. Su investigación ilumina la influencia de artistas como Carleton Watkins en la configuración del Oeste americano y el mundo del arte. A través de su podcast y ensayos críticos, Green ofrece análisis profundos de obras de arte e instituciones. Su enfoque desvela las intrincadas conexiones entre el arte, la historia y su resonancia cultural.
Illustrated by classic American paintings and photographs, and accompanied with a prescient new appraisal, this stunning publication on Emerson's seminal 1836 essay is at once a meditation on the ways artists influence each other and a timely cri de coeur to cherish and preserve America's landscape.
"Carleton Watkins (1829-1916) is widely considered the greatest American photographer of the nineteenth century and arguably the most influential artist of his era. He is best known for his pictures of Yosemite Valley and the nearby Mariposa Grove of giant sequoias. Drawing on recent scholarship and fresh archival discoveries, Tyler Green reveals how an artist didn't just reflect his time, but acted as an agent of influence. This telling of Watkins's story will fascinate anyone interested in American history; the West; and how art and artists impacted the development of American ideas, industry, landscape, conservation, and politics." -- provided by publisher