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22%OFFIan Kennedy - The Railway: Art in the Age of Steam - 9780300138788 - V9780300138788
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The Railway: Art in the Age of Steam

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Description for The Railway: Art in the Age of Steam Hardback. Steam locomotives gripped the imagination when they first appeared in nineteenth-century Europe and America. Aboard these great machines, passengers travelled at faster speeds than ever before. This work captures both the fear and excitement of early train travel as it probes the artistic response to steam locomotion within its social setting. Series: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Num Pages: 288 pages, 200 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AGP; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 254 x 279 x 28. Weight in Grams: 2428.

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 ... Read more

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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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Series
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300138788
SKU
V9780300138788
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Ref
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About Ian Kennedy
Ian Kennedy is Louis L. and Adelaide C. Ward Curator, European Painting and Sculpture at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City. Julian Treuherz was formerly Keeper of Art Galleries, National Museums Liverpool. Matthew Beaumont is Lecturer in 19th-Century English and American Literature at University College London. Michael Freeman is Supernumerary Fellow and Lecturer in Human Geography at Mansfield ... Read more

Reviews for The Railway: Art in the Age of Steam
"For anyone who likes trains or historical painting and photography, this book is a winner."—John Linsenmeyer, The Greenwich Times
John Linsenmeyer
The Greenwich Times
"Beautiful. . . . [This] is not just a fine museum catalogue, but a truly comprehensive study of the impact of railways on society as recorded by nineteenth- and early twentieth-century painters and ... Read more

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