New York Neon
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.12 (865 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0393733416 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 192 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-04-13 |
| Language | : | English |
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New York Neon works to artfully and poignantly evoke the medium, whilst examining its role in our collective consciousness. (Untapped Cities) . Seminal (SignLink)Rinaldi’s book offers a fascinating account of the neon signs’ history, as well as information about how they’re designed and produced
Raised near Poughkeepsie in upstate New York, Thomas E. . His life-long interest in the city’s built landscape drove him to pursue a career in architecture: he works as a designer for Thornton Tomasetti, a leading engineering and architecture firm. Yasinsac, of Hudson Valley Ruins: Forgotten Landmarks of an American Landscape. He is the coauthor, with Robert J. Rinaldi holds degrees in history from Georgetown Universit
Important to preserve these NYC icons! I thoroughly enjoyed reading Thomas Rinaldi's "NY Neon." Not only were the photographs beautiful to look at, and the prose well-researched and entertaining, seeing all of these old signs together took me back through a journey into my youth and the NYC of yester-year, which, Rinaldi correctly asserts, is vanashing before our eyes. Its so important . "Excellent book on older neon signage in NY" according to Dennis Bell. I am a big fan of neon anyway and would have enjoyed the book had it only been pictures, but I was very impressed with the included history of neon and illuminated signs in general. Also, each picture includes some detail on the sign in the picture such as who constructed it. Many (though not all) of the pictures are in color. Of course, I don't ex. Leslie Marshall said A great informative read. A detailed insight into the "art" of Neon during its development during the 19"A great informative read" according to Leslie Marshall. A detailed insight into the "art" of Neon during its development during the 1920's - 1960's in the Neon paradise of New York. A great informative read.. 0's - 1960's in the Neon paradise of New York. A great informative read.
150 color, 50 black-and-white photographs. In a generously illustrated introduction, drawing on documents including rare period trade publications, Rinaldi recounts the development of signage and the technological evolution of neon and examines its role in the streets of New York, in America’s cultural identity, and in our collective consciousness. Rinaldi captures the brilliant glow of surviving early- and mid-twentieth-century neon signs, those iconic elements of the cityscape now in danger of disappearing. A brilliant visual tour and history of that iconic element of the cityscape: the neon sign. Treating