NEW YORK

This beautiful and informative volume offers a new way oflooking at the cityscape and social history of this muchloved city, based on the paintings of the impressionistswho so vividly captured the spirit and detail of New Yorklife at the beginning of the twentieth century. Oppositeeach painting is a page containing full-colour imagesrelating to the painting, from period maps and postcardsand railroad tickets, together with a text placing thepainting in its historical and modern context. The newintroduction sets the historical scene for a bustling NewYork, city of immigrants and aristocrats, innovation andcreativity, poverty and immense wealth.