Peter John Brownlee, Veléria Piccoli and Georgiana Uhlyarik edit, Picturing the Americas: Landscape Painting from Tierra del Fuego to the Arctic. The book is a captivating and comprehensive collection that traverses the vast and diverse landscapes of the Americas from the 19th – 20th centuries. This collection beautifully draws together a rich tapestry of artistic impressions of landscape paintings from the southern tip of Tierra del Fuego to the icy expanses of the Arctic; from romanticism to modernism.

The book showcases a breathtaking array of landscape paintings, each telling a unique story of the artist’s encounter with the Americas’ awe-inspiring scenery. Dozens of art historians, curators and academic contributors from Ruth B. Phillips to Anna Hudson, Lía Munilla, and many more are deeply informative.

The editoral decision to arrange the collection in broadly titled chapters from ‘Land Icon Nation’ to ‘Land as Resource’ and ‘Land Transformed’, as examples, assists in pushing back against often presumed boundaries – national or otherwise. Instead, the chapters provide wide guardrails allowing the reader to (re)conceptualize landscapes and the categorization of art.

In other words, of Picturing the Americas‘s strengths lies in its ability to transcend geographical boundaries and present a more comprehensive narrative of the Americas and landscape painting.

In sum, “Picturing the Americas” is a masterfully curated collection that not only celebrates the breathtaking landscapes but also serves as a testament to the power of art in capturing the spirit of a continent as diverse and enchanting as the Americas. Find a copy here: https://www.daedalusbooks.com/D92100.html.