Discusses the beginnings of landscape painting in Britain to the rise of the classical tradition under the Italian influence; the topographical tradition; lands

Charlotte Klonk's deeply researched accounts of the complex and often ambiguous interactions that took place between artists and scientists challenge simplistic

Spreading Canvas takes a close look at the tradition of marine painting that flourished in 18th-century Britain. Drawing primarily on the extensive collections

This aptly named volume brings together 91 masterpieces in oil and watercolor by 44 artists, the zenith of England's sublime landscape tradition. These beautifu

The Education of the Eye examines the origins of visual culture in eighteenth-century Britain, setting out to reclaim visual culture for the democracy of the ey