Architectural Painting

New York: Rizzoli, 1986. First Edition. Quarto with blue and red half-cloth boards and blue endpapers; in yellow , red and white pictorial jacket; 190 pages: illustrations (some color); index; 29 cm Near fine, a clean, bright and tight copy; in very good jacket with two small chips at head of spine and front upper corner; now in archival mylar. Hardcover. ISBN: 9780847807420, 0847807428

A great inspiration for those who resist the dismal gravity of minimalism! "The raison d'etre of architectural decoration -- to endow and enhance architectural space with form, color, pattern -- underlies the work of the twenty artists and groups of craftsmen featured in the pages of this book. In over 300 illustrations, the methods and sources of design of these talented people are explored in magnificently painted private houses, apartments, stores, restaurants, and public buildings throught the country." --Jacket copy. Contents: Learning from the Past. "Tricks Requiring Skill and Imagination". Celebrating the Unconventional. Re-creating the Historical Record. A Caravan of Peddling Painters. Mastering the Art of Ornamentation. To the New York Manner Born. Following in the Itinerant Tradition. Ole World, New World. Combining Architecture and Ornamentation. The Ceiling Lady. Order Out of Chaos. Beyond Tradition. British Tradition in America. Portable Illusion == From Art Deco to Postmodern. Respectful Restoration. Ancient Crafts Updated. Expanding the Art of Stenciling. Beyond Time and Space.

// Architectural Themes, motives, Decoration and ornament, Architectural United States History 20th century