Content provided in partnership with
Central Park: An American Masterpiece - Reviews - Book Review
Contemporary Review, July, 2003
Central Park: An American Masterpiece. Sara Cedar Miller. Harry N. Abrams. [pounds sterling]30.00. 255 pages. ISBN 0-8109-3946-0. New York City's great park, which may be said to date from 1853, is, the author claims, 'the most important work of American art of the nineteenth century'. It is, she claims, 'the living embodiment of nineteenth-century American landscape paintings, particularly those of the Hudson River, or New York, School'.
- Most Popular Articles in News
- The Ten Best Laptop bags
- Tata plans cheapest-ever car for Indian market
- GLOBALIZATION AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF UNDERDEVELOPMENT OF THE THIRD WORLD
- Corn is good for you; Corn is not only a tasty treat, but also a cereal that ...
- THE 50 BEST STYLISH HANDBAGS TO CARRY
- More »
Miss Miller, who has worked as the photographer for the Central Park Conservancy since 1984 and has been the Park's official historian since 1989, has an intimate knowledge not just of the Park's history but of its every nook and cranny. She uses her knowledge to describe the beginning of the Park and the work of its creators, Frederick Law Olmsted, Clavert Vaux and Jacob Wrey Mould. The 316 illustrations, of which 200 are in full colour, add greatly to the reader's understanding (and enjoyment) as do the maps and plans. She also describes how the Park is maintained and how art has not been used to duplicate nature but to create a Romantic view of nature. This book is a splendid achievement and a credit both to the writer-photographer and to the publisher. (S.T.B.)
COPYRIGHT 2003 Contemporary Review Company Ltd.
COPYRIGHT 2003 Gale Group
Find Research Guides for:
Find Featured Titles for: Reference
- Academe
- African American Review
- African Arts
- African Studies Review
- Afro-Americans in New York Life and History
- Alabama Heritage
- Alabama Review
- American Mathematical Monthly, The
- Anglican Theological Review
- Annals of Dyslexia
- Arab Studies Quarterly (ASQ)
- Auk, The
- Australian Journal of Anthropology, The
- Christian Century
- Natural History