I briefly read about Art Deco designer Hildreth Meière last time I did work on Art Deco. I remember thinking it was cool and unusual that a female artist was responsible for some of the decoration in many of New York’s most significant Art Deco monuments, but I had no idea how cool she really was until I… Continue reading The Art Deco Murals of Hildreth Meière
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Glamour, Modernism, and the City that Never Sleeps: Art Deco in 1920s New York
"New York is an Art Deco city - indeed, the Deco city [...] The Empire State Building, the Chrysler Building, and Rockefeller Center were crowning achievements of the late 1920s and early 1930s, and remain the dominant celebrities of the midtown skyline. Deco lobbies, theatres, jazz bars, restaurants, and details also hide and surprise at eye… Continue reading Glamour, Modernism, and the City that Never Sleeps: Art Deco in 1920s New York
Book Acquisition – New York Deco
Hi! I'm Alex, and I'm a biblioholic. I went to the bookstore today to buy a map, and I left with this instead. I have a whole stack of books still to be read, but I am putting this one at the front of the line because it is primarily pictures and should be an… Continue reading Book Acquisition – New York Deco
A Scholarly Skater 