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New Haven's sentinels : the art and science of East Rock and West Rock / Jelle Zeilinga de Boer and John Wareham.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Driftless Connecticut Series & Garnet BooksPublication details: Middletown, Connecticut : Wesleyan University Press, 2013.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 156 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780819573759
  • 0819573752
  • 0819573744
  • 9780819573742
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: New Haven's Sentinels : The Art and Science of East Rock and West Rock.DDC classification:
  • 557.46/7 23
LOC classification:
  • QE93 .Z448 2013eb
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: The innovations in art and geology inspired by two classic Connecticut landmarks.
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"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.

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