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Michael Sharpe, an experienced military and aviation author, has put together an interesting and diverse selection of images from some 60 artists spanning World War One to the Space Shuttle. The artists range from the internationally famous like Robert Taylor to those relatively unknown, whose work will be new to most readers. The author has not only tried to tell the story of the aeroplane through art but also the history of aviation art itself as a genre. To this end there are included a number of contemporary early works painted during World War One that are going to appear somewhat loose in style to readers used to the precision approach that is currently the trend. It should be remembered though that these early aviation artists were heavily influenced by the Expressionist movement of the time and in any case did not have access to the high quality photographic references that artists enjoy today.
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