Industrial Sublime Modernism and the Transformation of New York's Rivers, 1900-1940 |
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| Editor:
| Bland, Bartholomew F.
Jensen, Kirsten |
| Contribution by:
| Greenhouse, Wendy
Roberts, Ellen E. |
| Introduction by:
| Manthorne, Katherine E. |
| Author:
| Hudson River Museum, |
| ISBN: | 978-0-943651-44-6 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2013 |
| Publisher: | Fordham University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $38.00 |
Book Description:
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It was not until the first decade of the twentieth century, as artists like Robert Henri and John Sloan turned their attention to the urban scene, that American art shifted its focus from bucolic landscapes to the cities, the towns, the crowds, especially the raucous urban scene of Manhattan--by then the nation's most important metropolis. Industrial Sublime focuses on the shift in both style and sensibility during the years 1900-1940, and explores the development of a new...
More DescriptionIt was not until the first decade of the twentieth century, as artists like Robert Henri and John Sloan turned their attention to the urban scene, that American art shifted its focus from bucolic landscapes to the cities, the towns, the crowds, especially the raucous urban scene of Manhattan--by then the nation's most important metropolis.
Industrial Sublime focuses on the shift in both style and sensibility during the years 1900-1940, and explores the development of a new mode of landscape painting and pictorial ideals suited to America's role as a global industrial power.