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Beyond the Lines: pictorial reporting, everyday life, and the crisis of gilded-age America by In this wonderfully illustrated book, Joshua Brown shows that the wood engravings in the illustrated newspapers of Gilded Age America were more than a quaint predecessor to our own sophisticated media.
The Gilded Age by The Gilded Age_the time between Reconstruction and the Spanish-American War_marked the beginnings of modern America. The advertising industry became an important part of selling the American Dream.
High Society: American portraits of the Gilded AgeThe period of rapid industrial expansion in America after the Civil War is known as the Gilded Age. The era saw the formation of great personal fortunes and the almost feverish amassing of goods and art to fill the palatial homes of the rich. The commissioning of portraits was one way for the new aristocracy to express their wealth and demonstrate their achievements, and the stunning works of art created during these years remain among the finest examples of portraiture.
Reading the Market: Genres of Financial Capitalism in Gilded Age America by Publication Date: 2016-09-01Americans pay famously close attention to "the market," obsessively watching trends, patterns, and swings and looking for clues in every fluctuation.
Work Sights: The Visual Culture of industry in nineteenth-century America by In this extensively illustrated work, Vanessa Meikle Schulman reveals how visual representations of labor, technology, and industry were crucial in shaping the way nineteenth-century Americans understood their nation and its place in the world.
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Americans in Paris: foundations of America's architectural gilded age : architecture students at the École des Beaux-Arts, 1846-1946 /Call Number: 8th Floor Art Oversize Books NA710 .C37 2014INDIEFAB Book of the Year Awards -- 2014 SILVER Winner for Architecture A lavishly produced volume documenting the work and history of American architecture students at the influential École des Beaux-Arts, Paris.
Biltmore Estate by Call Number: Central Library Art NA7615 .B54 B79 1994 Oversize
The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt by Call Number: Central Library CT275 .V23 S85 2009
The Grandest Madison Square Garden: art, scandal, and architecture in Gilded Age New YorkCall Number: Art Books NA2543.S6 H55 2019November 1891, the heart of Gilded Age Manhattan. Thousands filled the streets surrounding Madison Square, fingers pointing, mouths agape. After countless struggles, Stanford White--the country's most celebrated architect was about to dedicate America's tallest tower, the final cap set atop his Madison Square Garden, the country's grandest new palace of pleasure.
Lady on the Hill: How Biltmore Estate Became an American Icon by Call Number: Central Library F264 .A8 C687 2006
Marble Halls: Beaux-arts classicism and civic architecture in the Gilded Age by Call Number: Central Library Art Books NA705.5.C55 C738 2017Marble Halls is about the great civic buildings that were designed in the style of Beaux-Arts classicism during the Gilded Age (1865-1918) and about the City Beautiful movement that was intended to improve the setting for the buildings and the urban environment for the people.
Triumvirate: McKim, Mead & White: Art, Architecture, Scandal, and Class in America's Gilded Age by Call Number: Central Library Art NA737 .M4 B76 2010
