The Art of Walking: A History in 100 Images

A lively and thought-provoking tour of the intertwined histories of art and walking “A broad-ranging book [that] has something for every rambler.”—Benjamin Riley, New Criterion What does a walk look like? In the first book to trace the history of walking images from cave art to contemporary performance, William Chapman Sharpe reveals that a depicted walk is always more than a matter of simple steps. Whether sculpted in stone, painted on a wall, or captured on film, each detail of gait and d...