Art and the Empire City

by Catherine Hoover Voorsanger (editor), John K. Howat (Editor)

Between the completion of the Erie Canal and the outbreak of the Civil War, New York City grew to become an economic and cultural center of international importance. This magnificent book discusses the proliferation of the visual arts during this exciting era as well as the development of an increasingly sophisticated New York audience for these arts. The book is lavishly illustrated with hundreds reproductions of works from the period. This book accompanies an exhibition that opens at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on 11 September 2000 and ends 7 January 2001.

Genres: New York, Art, History, Art History

652 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2000

Reviews

[Monica · Rating 5 out of 5]

I can't state it's case better than the book description. In my mind now the exhibition is a blur; the events of 9/11 later that year diminished my enthusiasm probably never to return to what it was at the time of the show. Still, I <3 NY. This is a huge book that can either be read all at once or in my case it looks like it will be read a bit at a time over several year though it would be nice to make a commitment to reading it in full.