Both record and celebration, this collection of photographs documents 30 years of change in the Welsh town of Newport. All aspects of life in a modern city are carefully showcased, including architecture, business and economic activity, sports, religious life, and the arts. Due to Newport's rapidly changing landscape and character, these images show buildings and neighborhoods now gone while also capturing the excitement of Newport's newest architecture.

"In 1992, the Newport Art Museum assembled an exhibition of 223 portraits of Newporters painted over a period of three centuries. It presented not just a gallery of the Newport elite and some of its haute bourgeoisie, but also a showcase of the most famous portraitists and portrait styles throughout United States history. Artists represented in this collection range from the great colonial portraitists Gilbert Stuart, Robert Feke, and John Singleton Copley to such modern figures as Diego Rivera, Larry Rivers, and Andy Warhol."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved