George Inness and the Visionary Landscape

The essential book on the innovative American landscape painter, with a new preface by the author. A "rare, valuable and luminously illustrated monograph." (Booklist)

This eloquent examination of Inness' most important paintings illuminates the artist's philosophical and religious preoccupations. It provides an overview of his life and situates Inness within the contexts of key issues in American history, such as the Hudson River School, Transcendentalism, Swedenborgianism, and the work of W...