BOOKS - CULTURE AND ARTS - Art and the Empire City New York, 1825–1861
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Art and the Empire City New York, 1825–1861
Author: Catherine Hoover Voorsanger (Editor)
Year: 2013
Number of pages: 658
Format: PDF
File size: 87 MB
Language: ENG
Year: 2013
Number of pages: 658
Format: PDF
File size: 87 MB
Language: ENG
In 1825 the Erie Canal, connecting the Atlantic with the American heartland via the Great Lakes, was completed, and in 1861 the Civil War, disrupting American unity, began. This volume examines the exhilarating period between these two far-reaching events. The Erie Canal turned the port of New York into the gateway to the United States, ushering in a time of enormous growth and change for the city of New York. Still very much a work in progress, New York became both an international economic and cultural center: it was transformed into what contemporary observers variously termed the Empire City, the Great Emporium, and the Empress City of the West. The cultural component of this transformation was as significant as its economic aspect. Highly skilled artists and craftsmen working in New York, both native born and immigrant, grew in number, and institutions devoted to the arts emerged and flourished. With Broadway at its heart, the Great Emporium developed into the nation's major manufacturing and retailing center, the depot for luxury goods made in and around the city and imported from Europe.
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