An interdisciplinary framework for evaluating 19th century landscape paintings for ecological research by Dana R. Warren, Harper M. Loeb, Peter Betjemann, Isabel A. Munck, William S. Keeton, David C. Shaw, Eleanor J. Harvey

“…While this paper explores 19th century landscape art broadly, we focus our art historical review in particular on Asher Durand, a prolific and influential artist associated with the so‐called “Hudson River School” in the mid‐1800s. Durand left clear records about his perspectives on accurately depicting nature, and from a review of images and writings of Durand, we find support for the potential use of many of his paintings and sketches in historic forest ecology research. …”
Get full text