New York Art Deco

Birds, Beasts, and Blooms

New York Art Deco
Eric P Nash, Andrew Garn
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Hardback
h229 x 229mm - 192pg
18 Oct 2022 US
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9780847872046
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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.
Eric P. Nash was a researcher for The New York Times for 25 years, where he wrote more than 100 articles. He has written more than a dozen books on architecture, including Manhattan Skyscrapers (Princeton Architectural Press), which has been in print since 1995, and a Rizzoli title, SoHo New York (Rizzoli 1999) with photographer Steve Kahn. He won an AIA award for best writing about Florida for his MiMo. Miami Modern Revealed (Chronicle Books, 2004), and was a finalist for an Eisner Award, the highest award for a book about comic arts for his Manga Kamishibai: The Art of Japanese Paper Theater (Abrams, 2009). Nash is currently completing Sky-High: Supertall Towers of NYC (Princeton Architectural Press, 2021). Andrew Garn is a Fulbright-winning photographer whose recent work The New York Pigeon: Behind the Feathers (PowerHouse, 2019) received over 25 major media reviews, including the New York Times, New York Magazine, BBC America, The Guardian and Atlas Obscure. His most recent books include New York City Wildflowers (Cornell) and New York by Neighborhood (Universe). Garn was also principal photographer for important reference works including Landmarks of New York (Harry N. Abrams, 1993) and Subway Style (Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 2004)
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9780847872046
Published: 18 Oct 2022
Published In: United States
Imprint: Rizzoli International Publications
Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications
Format: Hardback
Height: 229mm
Width: 229mm
Pages: 192

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