Ocean Liners

Exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 3 February - 17 June 2018

The golden age of ocean liners is inextricably linked with the key decorative trends of the 20th century-Art Nouveau, Art Deco, and Modernism.

This volume explores the technical, aesthetic, cultural, and political factors that came together to define such an iconic mode of travel, from the marketing images, booking offices, and landmark headquarters of the major shipping companies to the ships' opulent interiors and triumphs of engineering.

Closing the book is an exploration of the impact of the ocean liner on the wider art and design world-an icon of modernity that influenced from the Futurists to Le Corbusier.