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Edmund Coleman. Ascesa al Monte Bianco. Resoconto descrittivo-iconografico

Casa Editrice Leo S. Olschki

Edited by Pressenda P.
Firenze, 2006; bound, pp. 88, ill., 24 numbered out of text col. plates, cm 21,5x30.
(Rariora et Mirabilia. 6).

series: Rariora et Mirabilia

ISBN: 88-222-5499-6 - EAN13: 9788822254993

Subject: Graphic Arts (Prints, Drawings, Engravings, Miniatures),Monographs (Painting and Drawing),Painting

Period: 1800-1960 (XIX-XX) Modern Period

Places: Piedmont and Valle d'Aosta

Languages:  italian text  

Weight: 0.96 kg


New edition of the rare descriptive-iconographic account of the ascent of Mont Blanc by the painter Edmund Coleman in the mid-nineteenth century. Includes a precise description of each stage of the ascent accompanied by reproductions of Coleman's paintings produced during this journey. The extensive introduction analyses the descriptive and cartographic sources of «Scenes from the snow-fields» and stresses the originality of the work and its geographical significance beyond that of a mere alpinistic account.

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