New York Mid-Century: 1945-1965
Category: Books,History,Americas
New York Mid-Century: 1945-1965 Details
Review "New York Mid-Century is a sparkling account of Gotham at the moment it became the cultural center of the world. It is the work of three masters of their genres. In their hands the mid-century city leaps to life and its history engages us on every page." (Donald L. Miller)"The handsome and evocative multi-author volume chronicles Gotham's postwar emergence as the capital of the international art world.” (WSJ) Read more About the Author Annie Cohen-Solal is the author of internationally bestselling and critically acclaimed art books. Pulitzer Prize–winning architecture critic and author Paul Goldberger is the former chief architecture critic for the New York Times and the New Yorker. Author Robert Gottlieb is the dance critic for the New York Observer. Previously, he was editor of the New Yorker and editor in chief of Simon & Schuster and Alfred A. Knopf. Read more
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Many attractive photographs but not enough in-depth text. The contributors are all experts in their field, but it looks like they were not given sufficient free rein (or space) to discuss the roles of art, architecture, dance, and so forth on the level at which they are capable.
