Author: Michel Draguet, Michelangelo van Meerten
Title: Tracks to Modernity
Description: Hannibal / Kannibaal, 2021 Hardcover, 240 pages, ENG.edition, 285 x 245 x 25 mm, NEW ISBN 9789464366198. ¶ From the time of their first appearance in the early nineteenth century through to the mid-twentieth century, railway trains were a particular subject of interest for artists. Their depictions capture the sensitivities of their specific periods, illustrating both fear of and enthusiasm for a new industrial world, launched at full speed but now seen as out of control. They portray railway stations and cities redesigned to accommodate them, and new locations associated with equally new opportunities for travel. Artists are captivated by the lights and swirls of steam from the locomotives. They become worshippers of technology, mesmerized by the speed and almighty power of railway engines and rendering the plastic beauty of their curves, pistons and marvellous mechanisms. They depict variously the machine and the fantasy, their feet on the ground or their heads in the dreamworld of travel and inner adventure. Tracks to Modernity, the flagship exhibition in the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium takes place from 15 October 2021 to 13 February 2022 as part of the 'EUROPALIA TRAINS & TRACKS' festival.
Keywords: Schilderkunst paint schilder Beaux Sciences antique antiek deco beeldhouwkunst beelden sculpturen & Architecture schilderen Fotografie Histoire et patrimoine Nouveautés plastiques culture histoire livre siècle Artiste peintre photo fotografie architectuur
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Title: Tracks to Modernity
Description: Hannibal / Kannibaal, 2021 Hardcover, 240 pages, ENG.edition, 285 x 245 x 25 mm, NEW ISBN 9789464366198. ¶ From the time of their first appearance in the early nineteenth century through to the mid-twentieth century, railway trains were a particular subject of interest for artists. Their depictions capture the sensitivities of their specific periods, illustrating both fear of and enthusiasm for a new industrial world, launched at full speed but now seen as out of control. They portray railway stations and cities redesigned to accommodate them, and new locations associated with equally new opportunities for travel. Artists are captivated by the lights and swirls of steam from the locomotives. They become worshippers of technology, mesmerized by the speed and almighty power of railway engines and rendering the plastic beauty of their curves, pistons and marvellous mechanisms. They depict variously the machine and the fantasy, their feet on the ground or their heads in the dreamworld of travel and inner adventure. Tracks to Modernity, the flagship exhibition in the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium takes place from 15 October 2021 to 13 February 2022 as part of the 'EUROPALIA TRAINS & TRACKS' festival.
Keywords: Schilderkunst paint schilder Beaux Sciences antique antiek deco beeldhouwkunst beelden sculpturen & Architecture schilderen Fotografie Histoire et patrimoine Nouveautés plastiques culture histoire livre siècle Artiste peintre photo fotografie architectuur
Price: EUR 39.95 = appr. US$ 43.42 Seller: Erik Tonen Books
- Book number: 57454
- Book number: 57454
See more books from our catalog: Belgische kunst na 1830 ; Belgium art after 1830 ; Belgium art after 1830 ; Belgium art after 1830