Jacob van Ruisdael's Ecological Landscapes

This book examines Jacob van Ruisdael's treatment of five subjects-dunes, grainfields, ruins, rushing water, and woodlands-that recur throughout his career. The paintings, though fictive, show close attention to the complexities of particular environments that can be fruitfully considered "e;ecological."e; The pattern of Ruisdael's reworking each environment and associated phenomena shows him as l...