An Altar of Change: An Artist's Perspective on a Modern Day Monument

By Cat Van Bergen

- An artist's perspective on a modern day monument , The New San Francisco Transbay Transit Center - a collection of Lithographs, Etchings and Paintings.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Aug 11, 2017
• ISBN: 9781543441512

Cat Van Bergen

Cathleen Van Bergen , is a fine artist residing in the San Francisco Bay area . A graduate of Academy of Art University in San Francisco, Van Bergen draws inspiration from urban landscapes around the world. A lover of history and people , Van Bergen seeks to express her experiences through paint and drawing , favoring lithography and oil painting. "An Alter of Change" is a series of works by the artist that records the construction of a modern day monument , the Transbay Transit Center in San Francisco, envisioned as the "Grand Central Station of the West".

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Copyright © 2017 by Cat Van Bergen. 742431

Library of Congress Control Number: 2017912019

ISBN:      Softcover      978-1-5434-4152-9

Hardcover      978-1-5434-4153-6

EBook      978-1-5434-4151-2

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Rev. date: 08/26/2017

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CONTENTS

I. PREFACE

II. INTRODUCTION

III. PHOTOGRAPHS

LISTED IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE:

1. Eastern aerial view of Transbay Transit Center construction site.

2. Western aerial view of Transbay Transit Center construction site.

3. View of Lower Concourse construction in progress

4. Glimpse of construction workers through struts

5. Dramatic shadows play against the interior walls of Lower