Beginning in the 19th century, peaking in the Art Deco period, and enjoying a renaissance in the 1990s, terra-cotta has been used to ornament facades, rooflines, doors and windows and create numerous architectural reliefs within American architectural history.
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Beginning in the 19th century, peaking in the Art Deco period, and enjoying a renaissance in the 1990s, terra-cotta has been used to ornament facades, rooflines, doors and windows and create numerous architectural reliefs within American architectural history.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in fair condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 1450grams, ISBN: 9781568981055.
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Used-Very Good. Any city walker knows the delight that a flash of colorful ornament can bestow on an otherwise gray promenade. More often than not, these glazed splashes of color are made of terra cotta, which, for more than 100 years, has been an integralC'but largely unknownC'part of America's architectural legacy. Beginning in the nineteenth century, peaking in the Art Deco period, and enjoying a renaissance today, terra cotta has been used to ornament facades, rooflines, doors, and windows and create many of the most famous and fanciful architectural reliefs. 'Terra-Cotta Skyline presents the history, manufacture, and art of architectural terra cotta through documents, drawings, archival photographs, and brilliant new color images commissioned exclusively for this book. Also included is a catalog of 200 extant terra-cotta buildings in New York, as well as directories of terra-cotta manufacturers and preservation organizations. BEAUTIFUL COPY! ! ! wrapped in complimentary Brodart dust jacket protector...
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Book A large clean and unmarked pictorial-boards hardback with a dust jacket now protected in a new archival-quality, removable Mylar plastic cover. Stated First Edition with an incomplete number-line. This University Press copy has an "opened-only-a-few-times" look & feel with no crushes to the boards' corners. Black-&-white and color illustrations. Stored in sealed plastic protection and mailed (bubble-wrapped) in a sturdy Jiffy Rigi Bag envelope. We ship daily from Roswell, Ga. Serving satisfied customers since 1999.
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Mauss, Peter; Photographs By. Fine in Very Good+ jacket. Folio-over 12"-15" tall. Dust jacket in brodart. Expedited or International shipping may cost more.
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Peter Mauss. Fine. Many color and b/w photo illustrations throughout by Peter Mauss. 160 pages. Small folio, pictorial boards. (New York): Princeton University Press, (1997). Later printing of the first edition. A fine copy, lacking the dust wrapper. Inscribed and signed by the author and photographer on title page.
