1st Edition
The Phenomenology of Landscape Painting Painting Outdoors in Nineteenth-Century America
By Noam Gonnen
Copyright 2026
186 Pages
20 Color & 50 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
186 Pages
20 Color & 50 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Offering a new view of nineteenth-century American landscape painting, this book focuses on the praxis of open-air painting and its distinctive role in generating and invigorating a new conceptualization of American landscape painting in the late nineteenth century.
Drawing on phenomenology and on theories of presence, embodiment, and making, the author traces the transition in landscape... Read more
Introduction: A Phenomenological Turn? 1. Immersiveness: From Vision to Body 2. Materiality: From Horizon to Earth 3. Performance: From Perception to Action Conclusion: Making it Real
Biography
Noam Gonnen is a lecturer in art history and studio courses at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. His research spans nineteenth-century American landscape painting, phenomenology, materiality, and environmental aesthetics.
