New York in Postcards 1880-1980
The Andreas Adam Collection
- Features more than 900 rare vintage postcards in striking quality
- The featured images are organised by subject field and geographic area to form a vivid pictorial history of New York from the 1880s throughout most of the 20th century
- Features essays by Paul Goldberger (New Yorker's architecture critic and Pulitzer Prize-winner) and Kent Lydecker (former Associate Director for Education of the Metropolitan Museum)
The development of New York from colonial fur trading hub of New Amsterdam into one of the most vibrant and exciting cities on earth has been documented many times. Countless films, songs, photographs and books tell the story of this quintessential metropolis and global icon. But this lavish, beautiful volume offers a new perspective through Andreas Adam’s vast collection of rare picture postcards that recount the city’s changing identity and culture over a century. The 900 vintage cards in New York in Postcards 1880-1980, organised by subject and geographic area, bring to life the look and feel of their eras and vividly depict every aspect of New York City over a century: 19th-century street scenes, famous architectural landmarks, lush gardens, cars and trains, everyday life and historical events. The images themselves are a fascinating mélange of artistic media, including archival photographs, drawings and paintings, and represent a wide range of styles from art nouveau to neo-objectivism, naturalism and pop art. This book is rounded-out with essays by Paul Goldberger, the New Yorker’s renowned architecture critic, and art historian Kent Lydecker on the visual narrative and the architectural history of New York and the cultural history of the picture postcard.
- Publisher
- Scheidegger & Spiess
- ISBN
- 9783858817136
- Published
- 5th Oct 2010
- Binding
- Hardback
- Territory
- World excluding Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Puerto Rico, United States, Canada, and Japan
- Size
- 270 mm x 220 mm
- Pages
- 560 Pages
- Illustrations
- 900 color
Distributed by ACC Art Books
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