Art Deco New York takes readers on a historically rich and visually spectacular journey through New York in the early decades of the 20th century, when the style known as art deco, with its emphasis on machine-tooled elegance and sleekness of line, replaced the voluptuous beaux arts style that prece..
Combines some 145 drawings and photographs with text by architectural historian Lowe to illuminate the buildings and structures built in New York between 1880 and World War I that were influenced by the Parisian Beaux-Arts movement. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or. Author: Lowe, David..