This book is a must-have gift for anyone interested in skiing or in the art of the poster. Organized by country, it features the world's foremost winter sport by drawing on an unparalleled collection of 800 vintage posters and paintings. Amassed by Mason Beekley over a lifetime dedicated to the celebration of all things skiing, the collection is now housed at the Mammoth Ski Museum in California and open to the public. In the 1910s and 1920s, skiing became the "in" thing among the young and the fashionable, who made such glamorous resorts like St. Moritz, Chamonix, and Garmisch famous. Like car racing, skiing was one of the sports that defined the twentieth-century's notion of the modern. It combined fast-paced action with the need to appear in stylish, sporty yet appropriate attire. Since it took place away from everyday urban life in remote and breathtaking mountain locations, it also combined the romance of travel with the stylishness of après-ski social life and ski chalet rusticity. Even in the steamship era, skiing quickly jumped the Atlantic and spawned such now famous ski resorts such as Vermont's Stowe, Colorado's Aspen, and Canada's Banff and Whistler (all featured here in their pre-war glamour). The book is rounded out by chapters on the contemporary skiing scene and on skiing fashion.
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"This hardcover coffe-table book is chock-full of colorful and graphic art deco images of the snowy good life." -- Dec06 ASPEN MAGAZINE
"Style met speed in the twenties and thirties, when swanky mountain resorts were the places to holiday. With morethan 200 colorful images, The Art of Skiing: Vintage Posters from the Golden Age of Winter Sport captures the spirit of the age." -- Nov06 OUTSIDE
"Repose is not a word one would apply to skiing, and leafing through Art of Skiing revelas an avalanche of vintage posters of graceful skiers, skaters, and bobsledders in action." -- Dec06 CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
"The Art of Skiing: Vintage Posters From the Goldern Age of Winter Sports" (Universe, $45) by Jenny de Gex is a large-format book that celebrates the art of early 20th-century ski posters..." -- Dec06 ASSOCIATED PRESS
"Style met speed in the twenties and thirties, when swanky mountain resorts were the places to holiday. With morethan 200 colorful images, The Art of Skiing: Vintage Posters from the Golden Age of Winter Sport captures the spirit of the age." -- Nov06 OUTSIDE
"Repose is not a word one would apply to skiing, and leafing through Art of Skiing revelas an avalanche of vintage posters of graceful skiers, skaters, and bobsledders in action." -- Dec06 CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
"The Art of Skiing: Vintage Posters From the Goldern Age of Winter Sports" (Universe, $45) by Jenny de Gex is a large-format book that celebrates the art of early 20th-century ski posters..." -- Dec06 ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Jenny de Gex collects vintage posters and printed ephemera with a particular focus on early twentieth-century travel. She has contributed to numerous illustrated books.
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Great book - fantastic gift for the skier fanatic!,
By Shirley (Doylestown, PA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Art of Skiing: Vintage Posters from the Golden Age of Winter Sport (Hardcover)
This book has great visuals, from all different countries, and is a perfect gift for the skier you know who likes old-school stuff. I actually bought this for someone who doesn't understand English, but the artwork stands on its own.
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A trip back in time,
By Ann Hamilton (Chicago) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Art of Skiing: Vintage Posters from the Golden Age of Winter Sport (Hardcover)
I bought this book to take to our ski condo. It is fun and the reproductions are good quality. The book is not just a collection of posters, however, as the author describes the development of recreational skiing in Europe and North America. A fun diversion for ski enthusiasts.
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Marvelous Design,
This review is from: The Art of Skiing: Vintage Posters from the Golden Age of Winter Sport (Hardcover)
If you love to ski, you'll love this book, chock full of charming vintage ski poster images. The art advertises ski resorts in Europe, Canada, and the U.S. The design is marvelous; and the color pages are suitable for framing
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