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New York Art Deco - Birds, Beasts, and Blooms (Hardcover)
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New York Art Deco - Birds, Beasts, and Blooms (Hardcover)
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New York City, arguably the world s Art Deco capital, is well known
the world over for its striking and still iconic buildings that
were early expressions of the style writ large most famously the
Empire State and Chrysler buildings, both of which still speak so
eloquently and powerfully of the future and the machine age that
continues to move us all forward. What is little spoken of and
certainly under-appreciated is that which was writ small the softer
side of this extraordinary movement, as rendered in tile, in
terracotta, in stone: birds of the sky; flowers of the forest, of
the field; beasts of the woods, of the earth, of the sea. Through
new photography explicitly taken for this book, the author and
photographer reveal this softer side of New York Deco, focusing on
75 buildings or building complexes, looking at both facade and
interior lobby and elevator and mailbox ornament, to reveal unsung
treasure. Included here is the exquisite ironwork of Edgar Brandt
as seen at 7 Gracie Square a wonderful expression of fantasy in
metal of antelopes and elephants the dragons of the Chanin
Building; the birds and beauties of Rockefeller Center; and so much
more. Birds, beasts, and blooms are cheerful, surprising, and easy
to recognize, if you know where to look. They serve to remind city
dwellers of more pleasant things than the burning tarmac beneath
our feet in summer, or the cruelty of winter.
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Imprint: |
Rizzoli International Publications
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
September 2022 |
Authors: |
Eric P. Nash
• Andrew Garn
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Dimensions: |
229 x 229 x 27mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
192 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8478-7204-6 |
Categories: |
Books >
Arts & Architecture >
Architecture >
General
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LSN: |
0-8478-7204-1 |
Barcode: |
9780847872046 |
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