The New York Public Library – The Architecture and Decoration of the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building Revised Edition

...über die NY Public Library. Unglaublich viele Fotos und Detailwissen zu beinahe jedem Stein, jeder Laterne und jeder Figur, die verbaut wurden. Für Fans ein Muss!

I just returned from NYC. My companion suggested we go to the library. I wasn't that excited about it but I figured I didn't mind tagging along. I am SO glad we went!! I was an Art major in college, but I didn't study much about architecture. Still, who can resist classic architecture? It turns out that the NYC Public Library building is the most famous Beaux Arts style building in America!! The Ecole de Beaux Art in Paris was a school of art (and architecture) that looked to the art of ancient Greece and Rome for inspiration. This book takes you on an OVERWHELMINGLY GORGEOUS tour of the library, starting on the outside where the 2 famous lions guard the doorway to knowledge. EVERYWHERE you turn there is a new detail to see--every wall, every light, every ceiling, every door, every bench, every arch, every column. You simply can't take it all in in one day. I would be happy to live in NYC--in spite of how I HATE big cities--just to spend a lot of time here, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Natural History Museum. That's all the excitement I would need to be content. But I digress--by the end of a few hours my feet were killing me so after I got home I ordered this book. Now, with my feet UP I can relive my glorious day at the NYC Public Library:)

Un magnifique ouvrage sur les splendeurs de ce bijou de l'architecture new-yorkaise.

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I've few books about Carrere and Hastings Architects and their work before I purchased this book. New York Public Library is one of their masterpieces and it's also a cultural symbol of New York city. It worth to know more about this building and its design stories behind those splendid images. The author should provide more drawings such as floor plans and sections. For people who treasure books or who appreciate human intellectual evolution, this book is a must. With the popularity of today's electronic gadgets, few people spend time on books and time in library, could library disappear from our life in the near future?