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An Episode in the Life of a Landscape PainterAn Episode in the Life of a Landscape Painter is the story of a moment in the life of the German artist Johan Moritz Rugendas (1802 1858). Greatly admired as a master landscape painter, he was advised by Alexander von Humboldt to travel West from Europe to record the spectacular landscapes of Chile, Argentina, and Mexico. Rugendas did in fact become one of the best of the nineteenth century European painters to venture into Latin America. However this
An Episode in the Life of a Landscape Painter is the story of a moment in the life of the German artist Johan Moritz Rugendas (1802-1858). Greatly admired as a master landscape painter, he was advised by Alexander von Humboldt to travel West from Europe to record the spectacular landscapes of Chile, Argentina, and Mexico. Rugendas did in fact become one of the best of the nineteenth-century European painters to venture into Latin America. However this is not a biography of Rugendas. This work of fiction weaves an almost surreal history around the secret objective behind Rugendas' trips to America: to visit Argentina in order to achieve in art the "physiognomic totality" of von Humboldt's scientific vision of the whole. Rugendas is convinced that only in the mysterious vastness of the immense plains will he find true inspiration. A brief and dramatic visit to Mendosa gives him the chance to fulfill his dream. From there he travels straight out onto the pampas, praying for that impossible moment, which would come only at an immense pricean almost monstrously exorbitant price that would ultimately challenge his drawing and force him to create a new way of making art. A strange episode that he could not avoid absorbing savagely into his own body interrupts the trip and irreversibly and explosively marks him for life.Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Published: 05/25/2006
ISBN: 9780811216302
Pages: 87
Weight: 0.21lbs
Size: 7.12h x 4.95w x 0.28d
Review Citations: Multicultural Review 12/01/2006 pg. 43
Library Journal 06/05/2006
New York Review of Books 01/13/2011 pg. 36
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★★★★★ 5
Nice comfortable shoes
Size: 8.5, Color: Iron Nubuck/Iron
Looks good. Comfortable shoe.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 29, 2026
★★★★★ 5
Great product, great delivery!
Size: 10.5 Wide, Color: Navy Blazer/Ivory
Great shoe- saw them in Nordstrom and was pleased to see I could get them quickly on Amazon. Arrived quickly and were packaged well!
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Reviewed in the United States on May 20, 2026
★★★★★ 5
Fit and comfort
Size: 12, Color: Ch British Tan/Ivory
These have to rate as equal to any shoes I've ever owned. I know everyone's foot is shaped differently but when I slipped my feet into these I was immediately sure I had made the correct choice. Sizing is true.
You note, I'm sure, that these are slip-on shoes. My experience with slip-ons has been mixed as sometimes the heel tends to slip due to the maker leaving room for the slip-on function to take place. When I got these I discovered that the opening for my feet was so tight I needed to shoe-horn them in and it wasn't particularly easy. The heel counter was "high and tight" but once I got my feet in the shoes it was heaven. Then, after a couple of days wearing them I can now slip my feet into these slip-ons with ease and the shoes grip my feet like a lace-up shoe can do.
I have one other pair of Cole Haans in the same size 12. They are also a wonderful fit for me.
I highly recommend.
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Reviewed in the United States on April 8, 2025
★★★★★ 4
Great shoes true to size
Size: 11, Color: Ivory/Microchip/Ivory, Size: 11, Color: Ivory/Microchip/Ivory
Great shoes, came with box. Brand new, true to size 11 US ! :) in my country they cost 270 USD so, really nice and very comfortable shoe considering i have plantar fasciitis.
3 month update: They get wrinkles pretty fast in just a few weeks due to the material, it’s not noticeable to others at all, but it’s worth keeping this in mind when buying this particular model.
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Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2026
★★★★★ 5
Great comfort and look.
Size: 12, Color: Optic White/Optic White
Cole Haan is my go to shoe. This shoe is very comfortable and can be dressed up or down.
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Reviewed in the United States on March 19, 2026