The Alps 1900: A Portrait in Color traces the Alps at the dawn of modern tourism through photochromes, photographs, color postcards, posters, and travel ephemera, moving from early mountain railways to the resort culture of the great Alpine hotels.
For a reader drawn to grand hotels, mountain landscapes and the beginnings of holiday travel, the pleasure lies in seeing how these worlds developed together. The historical imagery gives familiar Alpine destinations the atmosphere of another age.
“I am drawn to the way early tourism, mountain railways and period imagery reveal the Alps as a landscape shaped by the people who travelled through it.”
-Mrs. Mayfair
PRODUCT DETAILS
Dimensions: 11.42″ × 15.55″
Weight: 14.13 lb
Publisher: Taschen
Contributors: Editor: Sabine Arqué; Author: Agnès Couzy
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 600
Languages: English, French, German
Subject: Photography
ISBN: 9783836573559
CARE & OWNERSHIP
Give this substantial volume a dry place away from strong sunlight and heat. Where upright storage would strain the binding, lay it flat with the whole book supported. Lift it with both hands, supporting the book rather than pulling on the spine, and dust the cover and closed page edges gently with a soft, dry cloth. Keep household cleaners away from the binding and paper.
PUBLISHER / HERITAGE
Taschen was founded by Benedikt Taschen in Cologne in 1980 and remains an independent, family-run publisher. Its illustrated program spans art, architecture, design, photography, fashion, film, travel, lifestyle, and visual culture, with formats ranging from compact series to large-scale monographs, facsimiles, and collector editions. Across these books, reproduction, book design, and physical scale are treated as part of the editorial experience.
AS SEEN IN
House & Garden, Architectural Digest
