Over the Door : The Ornamental Stonework of New York
Editorial Reviews Amazon.com Look up. New York's buildings are bedecked with a menagerie of creatures mythical and realistic, adorned by a population of gods and people genuine and imagined and trimmed with designs and details that range from the fanciful to the sublime. The architectural embellishments that decorate the city's stone buildings have suffered the ravages of time and indifference at the hands (and droppings) of pigeons, pollution, landlords, and vandals. But as photographer John Yang records in Over the Door, the city's architectural legacy still deserves our attention, appreciation, and protection. New York Times, Andrew Jacobs From East Harlem to the Lower East Side, Mr. Yang's Over the Door dispassionately captures grinning nymphs, mythical griffins and busts of long-forgotten children.... Mr. Yang's stark photographs almost implore New Yorkers to look up, take stock of their sculptured heritage and stop the destruction. Over the Door : The Ornamental Stonework of New York
Over the Door : The Ornamental Stonework of New York,John Yang,Princeton Arch,1568980574,19th Century Architecture,Architectural Detail,Architecture,Bas-relief,Decoration and ornament, Archi,Decoration and ornament, Architectural,Interior Design - General,New York,New York (State),Sandstone buildings,U.S. Architecture - South
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