{"title":"Gillian Forrester","description":"\u003cp\u003eGillian Forrester’s works delve into the rich tapestry of arts and culture, often exploring the intersections of visual art and literary expression. 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British artists, including J.M.W. Turner and John Constable, raised landscape painting to new heights, and their work reached global audiences through the circulation of engravings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThomas Cole, born in England, emigrated to the United States in 1818 and first absorbed the picturesque and sublime through print media. Cole transformed British and continental European traditions to create a distinctive American form of landscape painting. The authors here explore the role of prints as agents of artistic transmission and look closely at how Cole’s own creative process was driven by works on paper such as drawings, notebooks, letters, and manuscripts. 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