{"title":"Christiana Payne","description":"Christiana Payne, professor emerita of history of art at Oxford Brookes University, has published several books on eighteenth- and nineteenth-century British art, including Silent Witnesses: Trees in British Art, 1760-1870. She has curated fifteen exhibitions and displays, most recently Landscape and Imagination: From Gardens to Land Art (Compton Verney, Warwickshire, UK).","products":[{"product_id":"in-the-shade-of-the-pine-artists-writers-and-trees-in-america-1825-1876-hardcover","title":"In the Shade of the Pine: Artists, Writers, and Trees in America, 1825-1876 - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn recent years, there has been a growing recognition of the importance of trees both as allies in the fight against climate change and as sources of emotional well-being. In nineteenth-century America, against a backdrop of accelerating deforestation much like today's, writers and artists found emotional solace and symbolic meaning in the woods, identifying trees as a civic and spiritual good in need of preservation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn the Shade of the Pine: Artists, Writers, and Trees in America, 1825-1876\u003c\/i\u003e explores the significance of trees in the visual and literary imagination of mid-nineteenth-century America through the work of seven artists and writers: Thomas Cole's explorations of the Catskills; Albert Bierstadt's portrayal of the splendid trees of California, including the ancient giant sequoias; the paintings and drawings of Asher Brown Durand and Frederic Edwin Church; the photographs of William James Stillman; and the environmental writings of Susan Fenimore Cooper and Henry David Thoreau. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This richly illustrated volume shows the unique influence the ecology of their land had on the emotional and intellectual landscapes of a generation. In their careful study of the woods--the beauty of trees, their practical importance to human beings and other living creatures, and the power of the forest to confer spiritual and emotional benefits--these artists and writers laid the groundwork for an ecological consciousness that remains vitally relevant today. \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51263584829663,"sku":"9781682262887","price":64.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/tZW0k5Kf8m9781682262887.webp?v=1787651506"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/christiana-payne.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}