The Brooklyn Bridge is a pre-eminent global icon. It is the world's
most famous and beloved bridge, a "must-see" tourist hotspot, and a
vital fact of New York life. For almost a hundred and forty years
it has inspired artists of all descriptions, fueling a constant
stream of paintings, photographs, lithographs, etchings,
advertising copy, movies, and book, magazine, and LP covers. In
consequence, the bridge may have the richest visual history of any
man-made object, so much so, in fact, that almost no major American
artist has failed to pay homage to the span in some form or other.
Oddly, however, there are no books currently available that chart
and discuss the bridge's visual history or its role in the
development of American (or Western) art. This monograph aims to
correct that, providing a full visual record of the bridge from the
origins of its conception to the present day. It is a celebration
of the bridge's glorious visual heritage timed to appear when the
city will celebrate the span's 125 th birthday.
.,."Richard Haw's beautiful book is about one of the world's
great bridges, but also all about the city that makes it great."
"-- Russell Shorto, author of The Island at the Center of the
World"
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