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- catalog abstract ""From 1989 through 1993, photographer John Yang undertook an intensive photographic study of the ornamental sandstone reliefs on New York City brownstones and tenements of the late 19th century. The result is Over the Door, a meticulously prepared and exquisitely produced volume of urban portraiture - Yang's photographs capture the various moods of the many sculptured personalities that stand watch over the doorways, spandrels, and arches of Manhattan. The photographs are also a study of the effects of time on these carvings, which are rapidly deteriorating from weathering as well as the happenstance of real estate development - demolition and renovation each take their toll on the carvings." "Yang's methodical study of these relief carvings - he covered every block of Manhattan, from the Lower East Side to Harlem, several times in his search for subjects - has yielded a valuable book for the sake of its subject alone; but like Atget, Walker Evans, and other great "documentary" photographers, Yang chose his specific subjects primarily for their value to him as material for his art."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b8347619.
- catalog coverage "New York (N.Y.) Buildings, structures, etc. Pictorial works.".
- catalog created "c1995.".
- catalog date "1995".
- catalog date "c1995.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1995.".
- catalog description ""From 1989 through 1993, photographer John Yang undertook an intensive photographic study of the ornamental sandstone reliefs on New York City brownstones and tenements of the late 19th century. The result is Over the Door, a meticulously prepared and exquisitely produced volume of urban portraiture - Yang's photographs capture the various moods of the many sculptured personalities that stand watch over the doorways, spandrels, and arches of Manhattan. The photographs are also a study of the effects of time on these carvings, which are rapidly deteriorating from weathering as well as the happenstance of real estate development - demolition and renovation each take their toll on the carvings." "Yang's methodical study of these relief carvings - he covered every block of Manhattan, from the Lower East Side to Harlem, several times in his search for subjects - has yielded a valuable book for the sake of its subject alone; but like Atget, Walker Evans, and other great "documentary" photographers, Yang chose his specific subjects primarily for their value to him as material for his art."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references.".
- catalog extent "xx, 171 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Over the door.".
- catalog identifier "1568980574".
- catalog isFormatOf "Over the door.".
- catalog issued "1995".
- catalog issued "c1995.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York, N.Y. : Princeton Architectural Press,".
- catalog relation "Over the door.".
- catalog spatial "New York (N.Y.) Buildings, structures, etc. Pictorial works.".
- catalog spatial "New York (State) New York".
- catalog spatial "New York (State) New York.".
- catalog subject "Architecture New York (State) New York Details Pictorial works.".
- catalog subject "Bas-relief New York (State) New York.".
- catalog subject "Decoration and ornament, Architectural New York (State) New York Pictorial works.".
- catalog subject "Decoration and ornament, Architectural New York (State) New York.".
- catalog subject "NB1283.N5 Y36 1995".
- catalog subject "Sandstone buildings New York (State) New York.".
- catalog subject "Small sculpture New York (State) New York Pictorial works.".
- catalog subject "Stone carving New York (State) New York Pictorial works.".
- catalog title "Over the door : the ornamental stonework of New York / photographs of John Yang.".
- catalog type "text".