Sweetman, John (John E.)

The artist and the bridge, 1700-1920 / John Sweetman.

Brookfield, Vt. : Ashgate, ©1999.

[xv], 208 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm

"From the stone bridges of neoclassicism which soar out of wild woods to span pastoral valleys to the post-1750 engineer's bridge with its links to the more industrial landscape, the bridge was a popular feature in painting throughout the period 1700 to 1920. Why did so many artists choose to portray bridges? In this lavishly illustrated and intriguing book, John Sweetman seeks to answer this question. He traces the history of the bridge in painting and printmaking through a vast range of work, some as familiar as William Etty's The Bridge of Sighs and Claude Monet's The Railway Bridge at Argenteuil and others less well known such as Wassily Kandinsky's Composition IV and C.R.W. Nevinson's Looking through Brooklyn Bridge. Distinctive characteristics emerge revealing the complex role of the bridge as both symbol and metaphor, and as a place of vantage, meeting and separation."--Jacket.

John Sweetman was formerly Reader in History of Art at Southampton University.

0754600130 (acid-free paper)
9780754600138 (acid-free paper)

Bridges in art.
Symbolism in art.
Art, Modern Themes, motives.
Landscapes in art Themes, motives.
Bridges, Arched, in art.
Bridges Europe Pictorial works.
Railroad bridges in art.
Ponts dans l'art.
Symbolisme dans l'art.
Paysages dans l'art Thèmes, motifs.
Ponts Europe Ouvrages illustrés.
Bridges
Europe

Illustrated works

Location: Library main 217199
Call No.: N8217.B77 S9 1999
Status: Available