Titre et auteur:

The Railroad in American art : representations of technological change / edited by Susan Danly and Leo Marx.

Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©1988.

Description:

[xi], 218 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm

Notes:
"This book has its origin in an exhibition and symposium, The Railroad in the American Landscape, 1850-1950, held at the Wellesley College Museum in April 1981"--Preface.
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Aser B. Durand's Progress: the advance of civilization and the vanishing American / Kenneth W. Maddox -- George Inness's The Lackawanna Valley: "type of the modern"/ Nicolai Cikovsky, Jr. -- Andrew Joseph Russell's The Great Wall Illustrated / Susan Danly -- Man-made mountain: "gathering and governing" H.H. Richardson's design for the Ames monument in Wyoming / James F. O'Gorman -- City railways/Modernist visions / Dominic Ricciotti -- Charles Sheeler's rolling power / Susan Fillin-Yeh -- Edward Hopper's railroad imagery / Gail Levin -- The railroad-in-the-landscape: and iconological reading of a theme in American art / Leo Marx.

Résumé:

"This book has its origin in an exhibition and symposium, The Railroad in the American Landscape, 1850-1950, held at the Wellesley College Museum in April 1981"--Pref.

ISBN:

0262231263
9780262231268
0262540592
9780262540599

Sujet:

Railroads in art.
Art, American 19th century.
Art, American 20th century.
Art, American.
Chemins de fer dans l'art.
Art américain.
Art États-Unis 19e siècle.
Art américain 20e siècle.
Art américain 19e siècle.
Eisenbahn
Kunst
Beeldende kunsten.
Spoorwegen.
Eisenbahn (Motiv)
Art, Modern 19th century United States.
USA
American graphic arts Special subjects: Railways

Classification/genre:

Exhibition catalogues.
illustrated books.
Illustrated works
Exhibition catalogs.
Ouvrages illustrés.

Vedettes secondaires:

Danly, Susan.
Marx, Leo, 1919-2022.
Marx, Leo, 1919-
Wellesley College. Museum.

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 32655
Cote: ID:88-B4327
Statut: Disponible