New Haven's sentinels : the art and science of East Rock and West Rock /

Zeilinga de Boer, Jelle.

New Haven's sentinels : the art and science of East Rock and West Rock / Jelle Zeilinga de Boer and John Wareham. - Middletown, Connecticut : Wesleyan University Press, 2013. - 1 online resource (xii, 156 pages) : illustrations - The Driftless Connecticut Series & Garnet Books . - Driftless Connecticut Series & Garnet Books. .

"A Driftless Connecticut Series Book."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-149).

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.

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


English.

9780819573759 (electronic bk.) 0819573752 (electronic bk.) 0819573744 (cloth ; alk. paper) 9780819573742 (cloth ; alk. paper) (cloth ; alk. paper)




1800-1899


Geology--Connecticut--New Haven Region.
Geology--Connecticut.
Landscape painting, American--19th century.
Géologie--Connecticut.
Peinture de paysages américaine--19e siècle.
SCIENCE--Earth Sciences--General.
Geology.
Landscape painting, American.


New Haven Region (Conn.)--In art.
Connecticut.
Connecticut--New Haven Region.


Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Art.

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