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New Haven's sentinels [electronic resource]

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The innovations in art and geology inspired by two classic Connecticut landmarks

Title New Haven's sentinels [electronic resource] : the art and science of East Rock and West Rock / Jelle Zeilinga de Boer and John Wareham.
Edition 1st ed.
Publisher Middletown, Connecticut : Wesleyan University Press
Creation Date 2013
Notes "A Driftless Connecticut Series Book."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-149).
English
Content Cover
New Haven's Sentinels
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
List of Illustrations
Foreword
Introduction
1. Landscape Painting in the Nineteenth Century
Nineteenth-Century Views of New Haven and Its Sentinels
Gallery One, Views of New Haven from the Rocks
2. Topography and Geology of the New Haven Area
3. Silliman's Conundrum: The Role of Basalt in the Geological Controversy between Neptunists and Plutonists
4. Tectonic Setting of New Haven's Rocks
The Geology of West Rock, East Rock, Pine Rock and Mill Rock
West Rock
Gallery Two, West Rock Paintings
East Rock
Gallery Three, East Rock PaintingsPine Rock and Mill Rock
5. The Judges Cave on West Rock
Gallery Four, Judges Cave Paintings
6. Thomas Cole's Landmark in His Course of Empire Paintings
Appendix One: Minerals and Metals Associated with Connecticut Basalts
Appendix Two: Further Notes on the Artists and Their Art
Bibliography
Webliography
Geologic Glossary
Acknowledgments
Series Garnet books
Extent 1 online resource (177 p.)
Language English
National Library system number 997010711430105171
MARC RECORDS
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