Manhattan Lightscape
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Overview
This luminous photographic collection highlights New York City's most breathtaking views and grandest buildings.Taken from high atop New York's skyscrapers and from its bridges and boulevards, these 55 vistas portray the world's most powerful city as we have only imagined it in our dreams. Master architectural photogapher Nathaniel Lieberman captures the Brooklyn Bridge illuminated by a burst of fireworks during the celebration of its centenary, the glass-and-steel grid of the Jacob Javits Center twinkling futuristically, and the entire length of Central Park in each of the seasons.
With an introduction by Winter's Tale author Mark Helprin, quotes celebrating New York by a host of literary residents and visitors—past and present—and a spectacular arial view of Manhattan, this volume is the ultimate gift book for anyone who has ever romanced the stones of this remarkable city.
Other Details: 57 Full-color illustrations 124 pages 13 x 13" Published 1990
Author Biography: Nathaniel Lieberman has taught photography at the New School for Social Research and Parsons School of Design in New York and his photographs have been shown at the Museum of Modern Art. He lives in Boulder, Colorado. Mark Helprin is the author of Refiner's Fire and Winter's Tale, and his stories and essays have appeared in The New Yorker, Atlantic Monthly, and other magazines.
Synopsis
This luminous photographic collection highlights New York City's most breathtaking views and grandest buildings.
Taken from high atop New York's skyscrapers and from its bridges and boulevards, these 55 vistas portray the world's most powerful city as we have only imagined it in our dreams. Master architectural photogapher Nathaniel Lieberman captures the Brooklyn Bridge illuminated by a burst of fireworks during the celebration of its centenary, the glass-and-steel grid of the Jacob Javits Center twinkling futuristically, and the entire length of Central Park in each of the seasons.
With an introduction by Winter's Tale author Mark Helprin, quotes celebrating New York by a host of literary residents and visitors—past and present—and a spectacular arial view of Manhattan, this volume is the ultimate gift book for anyone who has ever romanced the stones of this remarkable city.
Other Details: 57 Full-color illustrations 124 pages 13 x 13" Published 1990
Author Biography: Nathaniel Lieberman has taught photography at the New School for Social Research and Parsons School of Design in New York and his photographs have been shown at the Museum of Modern Art. He lives in Boulder, Colorado. Mark Helprin is the author of Refiner's Fire and Winter's Tale, and his stories and essays have appeared in The New Yorker, Atlantic Monthly, and other magazines.
Booknews
A celebration in the form of 57 stunning color cityscapes by noted architectural photographer Lieberman. Accompanying each portrait is a small vignette or quote about New York by a distinguished resident or visitor, past or present. The introduction is by Mark Helprin. 13x11". Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)