ancients or moderns

55 duotone illustrations

Paul Getty Museum Journal

The book includes commentaries on all of the featured works

collectors Clifford Einstein and Agnes Gund

Capturing Nature's Beauty: Three Centuries of French Landscapes Gift Guide ancients or modernsdouard Kopp This lovely book highlights key moments of the French landscape tradition from its emergence in the 1600s to its preeminence in the 1800s. The selection of drawings from the Getty's collection shows a variety of techniques, functions, and styles, and includes examples by Franois Boucher, Vincent van Gogh, Claude Lorrain, Jean Baptiste Oudry, Camille Pissarro, Thodore Rousseau, and Georges Seurat. Together these images reveal a fascinating