ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book focuses on both historical and contemporary aspects of the relationships between travel, tourism and art. Drawing on a range of examples, Stephen Williams provides an insight into the role railway poster art had in communicating particular representations of a number of places in Britain and, in so doing, highlights the power railway posters as a form of popular art has in reinforcing particular place identities and associated styles of tourism. In discussing existing academic literature on hunting and tourism, the significance of field trips and the various aspects of the artistic ceramic production process, Thompson and Hannam also highlight the appropriateness of the ceramic art form in the context of commemorating both animals themselves and the artist's own experiences of visiting Alberta.
