New York nocturne : the city after dark in literature, painting, and photography, 1850-1950

New York nocturne : the city after dark in literature, painting, and photography, 1850-1950 /

"New York Nocturne is the first book to examine how the art of the gaslit and electric city evolved, and how representations of nighttime New York expanded the boundaries of modern painting, literature, and photography. Exploring the myriad images of Manhattan after dark, New York Nocturne show...

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Bibliographic Details
Online Access: Digital bookplate
Author / Contributor: Sharpe, William
Edition:1st ed.
Imprint: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2008.
Format: Book
Language:English
Subjects:
New York (N.Y.) > In art.
Night in art.
Arts, American > 19th century.
Arts, American > 20th century.
Arts, American.
New York (State) > New York.
1800-1999
Art.
Acquisition Notes:Gertrud A. White Memorial Fund
Table of Contents:
  • The dream site
  • Gaslit Babylon
  • The nocturne: moonlight, metamorphosis, and modernism
  • Colonizing the night
  • The empire of light
  • Skyscraper fantasy
  • Staging the night: theater, voyeurism, violence
  • Epilogue: Night now.

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