| Title | : | The Art of the Streamliner |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.89 (630 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1586631462 |
| Format Type | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 144 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2001-04-01 |
| Genre | : |
By the early 20th century, as the railroad became a vital means of moving people and goods, trains and locomotives became the focus of some of the world's finest mechanical engineers and industrial designers. From this increased attention arose perhaps the most elegant land-based form of transportation in human history: the streamlined train. Relive their glory through magnificent photographs of these cars, which show both their elegant interiors and their graceful shapes speeding across the countryside. Here are the ever-more luxurious rolling accommodations for the discriminating traveler, with increasingly spacious sleeper cars and dining rooms that came to resemble those in four-star restaurants. Written and researched by a team of veteran transportation historians and illustrated with more than 175 black-and-white and full-color pictures, this tribute honors not only the dazzling passenger cars, but also the legendary designers, and presents the gorgeous promotional brochures and
Editorial :
Touching as it does on Artemisia's early reception of Carravagesque naturalism and placing her in the context of early modern European painting and the political environment of the Florentine court, it provides a succinct and informative background to the painting. By far the best thing about the book is the picture on the cover.. It is well written with many pictures and steps on how to use materials.. usefull. Some tried to equate the authoritarianism of the Nazis with that of the Catholic Church. The European furniture-many Italian Renaissance pieces including an array of rather heavy cassone-occupies around 100 pages of this catalog.
The objects are generally of superior quality and attest to the Lehman's refined taste. But then I found this book. great book. Artemisia Gentileschi's painting "Judith Slaying Holofernes" (1620) is on loan from the Uffizi Gallery in Florence to The Art Institute of Chicago and on exhibit there from October 2013 to January 2014. Their first
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