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Ocean Liners: Glamour, Speed and Style
Daniel Finamore Ghi
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Description for Ocean Liners: Glamour, Speed and Style
Hardcover. The golden age of ocean liners is inextricably linked with the key decorative trends of the 20th century Art Nouveau, Art Deco, and Modernism. This lavish visual feast explores the technical, aesthetic, cultural, and political factors that came together to define such an iconic mode of travel. Editor(s): Finamore, Daniel; Wood, Ghislaine. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; ACVY; ACXD3; HBTB; JFCK; WTHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 247. .
The Great age of ocean travel has long since passed, but ocean liners remain one of the most powerful and admired symbols of modernity. No form of transport was as romantic, remarkable, or contested, and ocean liner design became a matter of national prestige as well as an arena in which the larger dynamics of global competition were played out. This beautifully illustrated book considers over a century of liner design: from the striking graphics created to promote liners to the triumphs of engineering, and from luxurious interiors to on board fashion and activities. Ocean Liners explores ... Read more
The Great age of ocean travel has long since passed, but ocean liners remain one of the most powerful and admired symbols of modernity. No form of transport was as romantic, remarkable, or contested, and ocean liner design became a matter of national prestige as well as an arena in which the larger dynamics of global competition were played out. This beautifully illustrated book considers over a century of liner design: from the striking graphics created to promote liners to the triumphs of engineering, and from luxurious interiors to on board fashion and activities. Ocean Liners explores ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
V & A Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
1829g
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781851779062
SKU
V9781851779062
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-50
About Daniel Finamore Ghi
Daniel Finamore is Russell W. Knight Curator of Maritime Art and History, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA. Ghislaine Wood is Deputy Director of the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, England.
Reviews for Ocean Liners: Glamour, Speed and Style
'lavish', Peyton Skipwith, Apollo, March 2018 'beautifully illustrated', Penny Hunter, The Weekend Australian, February 24th-25th 2018