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At the Heart of Progress
Timothy A. Riggs
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Description for At the Heart of Progress
Paperback. Explores the ways that artists have looked at the world that was created by heavy industry over more than two centuries. This title offers a discussion of twenty-nine key prints and traces the growth and transformation of heavy industry in Britain, France, and America. Num Pages: 50 pages, 36 colour illustrations, notes, bibl. BIC Classification: 1DB; 1DDF; 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 216 x 10. Weight in Grams: 227.
This title presents artists' depictions of industrialization. Written to accompany an exhibition of prints from the John P. Eckblad collection of industrial imagery, ""At the Heart of Progress"" explores the ways that artists have looked at the world that was created by heavy industry over more than two centuries. An interlocking triad - the mining of coal, the production of iron and steel, and the development of steam power - formed the basis of modern industrial civilization, explains curator Timothy Riggs. This transformation of the world is presented in a wide variety of images: documentary views, advertising and political posters, ... Read more
This title presents artists' depictions of industrialization. Written to accompany an exhibition of prints from the John P. Eckblad collection of industrial imagery, ""At the Heart of Progress"" explores the ways that artists have looked at the world that was created by heavy industry over more than two centuries. An interlocking triad - the mining of coal, the production of iron and steel, and the development of steam power - formed the basis of modern industrial civilization, explains curator Timothy Riggs. This transformation of the world is presented in a wide variety of images: documentary views, advertising and political posters, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
50
Condition
New
Number of Pages
50
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill, United States
ISBN
9780807859803
SKU
V9780807859803
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About Timothy A. Riggs
Timothy Riggs is curator of collections at the Ackland Art Museum, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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