{"product_id":"9781555953829","title":"A Mine of Beauty: Landscapes by William Trost Richards","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis gorgeously illustrated book celebrates the recent generous gift of William Trost Richards' watercolors to Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, and is concurrent with the exhibition A Mine of Beauty: Landscapes by William Trost Richards. The show is also on view at Newport Art Museum in Newport, Rhode Island in the summer and fall of 2012.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScenes ranging from muted and serene to light infused and color saturated, Richards' watercolors and oil paintings brilliantly capture the very essence of nature. Images are reproduced on a one-to-one scale, providing a lavish study of this pre-Raphaelite artist's work. Two prefaces and an essay by leading experts in the art historical field further expand on the history of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Philadelphia landscape painting in general and William Trost Richards specifically.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hudson Hills Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47060301316336,"sku":"9781555953829","price":34.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781555953829_p0.jpg?v=1763755171","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781555953829","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}