Bird's Eye Views: Historic Lithographs of North American Cities - Couverture rigide

Reps, John W.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1568981465 ISBN 13 : 9781568981468

Editeur : Princeton Architectural Press, 1998

Synopsis

As new towns and cities spread across the American frontier in the nineteenth century, itinerant artists soon followed, documenting these growing urban centers by drawing aerial perspectives, also known as bird's eye views. Commissioned by land speculators, local businesses, civic organizations, and individual citizens, these renderings fostered both civic pride and local commerce. The use of color lithography, a recent invention popularized by such prominent publishers as Currier & Ives, allowed the inexpensive reproduction of the highest-quality drawings, so that a bird's eye view was within the financial budget of even the smallest towns. These extraordinarily detailed lithographs eventually numbered in the thousands and now serve as a rich pictorial record of North America as it stood a century ago.
This sequel to our highly acclaimed title An Atlas of Rare City Maps collects over 100 views dating between 1835 and 1902, showing the streets, buildings, churches, bridges, waterways, and surrounding countryside of North American towns, ranging from burgeoning metropolitan centers to small logging towns and mining camps. Baltimore, Brooklyn, Denver, Indianapolis, Memphis, Montreal, New Orleans, Pittsburgh, Seattle, Syracuse, and Washington are just a few of the cities presented in this collection. The exquisite color and fine detail of these bird's eye views have been reproduced in all their original glory; also included is an introduction by John W. Reps providing a background on the artistic process and on urban development in the nineteenth century.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

John W. Reps is professor emeritus of city and regional planning at Cornell University. He is a renowned authority on the history of American urban planning and has written numerous books on the topic, including The Making of Urban America, Cities of the A

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Princeton Architectural Press
• Date d'édition: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1568981465
• ISBN 13: 9781568981468
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 116
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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