New York, Culture Capital of the World, 1940-1965 / Edited by Leonard Wallock ; Essays by Dore Ashton ... [Et Al. ]

Wallock, Leonard (Ed. ) and Ashton, Dore (Essays by)

1988, First Edition. New York : Rizzoli. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new and still in the protective shrinkwrap. ; 292 pages; Description: 292 p. : ill. (80 col. ) ; 27 cm. Subjects: New York (N. Y. ) --Civilization. New York (N. Y. ) --Intellectual life. Summary: A skillful appraisal of a period of unparalleled creativity that marked New York City as the cultural center of the world. Housing developments and urban fiction, jazz and modern dance, political protest and mixed media productions--all are subjects for study by an impressive group of experts. They show how the city, accommodating a "ceaseless flow of talent" in an aura of unlimited possibilities, provided both the raw materials and the intellectual ferment needed for new ways of thinking and of expressing images and ideas. There is a nostalgic look to the work, with extensively annotated illustrations of the familiar and slightly historic--images of expectation and enthusiasm in a city in which everything was happening and everything was new. An important record of a singular time. Item #112913
ISBN: 0847809900

Price: €23.00