A fascinating account of how the railway influenced more than a century of art in Europe and America Steam locomotives gripped the imagination when they first appeared in 19th-century Europe and America. Aboard these great machines, passengers traveled at faster speeds than ever before while watching the scenery transform itself and take on new forms. Common notions of time and space were forever changed. Through vivid illustrations and engaging texts, The Railway: Art in the Age of Steam captures both the fear and ...
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A fascinating account of how the railway influenced more than a century of art in Europe and America Steam locomotives gripped the imagination when they first appeared in 19th-century Europe and America. Aboard these great machines, passengers traveled at faster speeds than ever before while watching the scenery transform itself and take on new forms. Common notions of time and space were forever changed. Through vivid illustrations and engaging texts, The Railway: Art in the Age of Steam captures both the fear and excitement of early train travel as it probes the artistic response to steam locomotion within its social setting. Featuring paintings, photography, prints, and posters, the book includes numerous masterpieces by 19th- and 20th-century artists, including J. M. W. Turner, Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, Charles Sheeler, and Edward Hopper. With its wide variety of themes--landscape painting, the conquest of the West, Impressionism, issues of social class, Modernism, the aesthetics of the machine, and environmental concerns--this work promises an exhilarating journey for both train and art enthusiasts and for anyone interested in one of the industrial age's defining achievements. Published in association with The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, and Walker Art Gallery, National Museums Liverpool Exhibition Schedule: Walker Art Gallery, National Museums Liverpool (April 18 - August 10, 2008) The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City (September 13, 2008 - January 18, 2009)
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VG/VG. Black cloth with copper lettering; black and sepia dj with grey and turmeric-colored lettering; 287 pp. with 112 catalogue illstrations in color and bw and 102 bw figures. Issued in conjunction with several 2008-2009 exhibitions featuring art depicting railroads and railroad travel. "Through vivid illustrations and engaging texts The Railway: Art in the Age of Steam captures both the fear and excitement of early train travel around the world as it surveys the artistic response to steam locomotion. Featuring paintings, photography, prints, and posters, the book includes numerous masterpieces by nineteenth and twentieth-century artists, including J.M.W. Turner, Claude Monet, Camille Pisarro, Charles Sheeler, and Edward Hopper." (dj).
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Discreet owner's blind-stamp and inked date on title page, else near new condition, covers bright, text clean & binding tight / bright and crisp dust jacket. Size: 12.25"x11.25" oblong, 287pp., profusely illustrated in colour.
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First edition (hardback). Oblong 4to (29cm by 31cm), 288pp. Illustrated throughout, mainly in colour. Original black cloth, dustwrapper. The book is in very good condition; the dustwrapper is near-VG (slight creasing of the top edge). ISBN 9780300138788.
