While on research for NORMANDIE, and his Splendour and magnificence, a symbol of times gone by, I came across this book - ART DÉCO written by Norber Wolf
Now that books are shedding weight and dematerialising into electronic
pads, I worry about the fate of coffee table books. Perhaps i see it a bit too dark. But books of a certain kind
need to be bulky, and they also cry out to be displayed. Leafing through
them can be as much of a tonic as the coffee or the wine on the table beside them.
ART DÉCO, the style is so recognizable and widespread that its original
impact on the culture in which it emerged has been all but lost in the
clutter of imitation. by Earl of Cruise
With Norbert Wolf, PRESTEL VERLAG has taken the right decision to present the splendour and misery of `ART DÉCO´ in its entirety. Embedded in the creativity and restlessness of the 1920s, ART DÉCO's design has shaped our taste for decades without ever being able to break out of its hybrid position between art …
Is the
digitization of NORMANDIE, the construction and the
art, a curse or a blessing?
by Earl of Cruise
ssNORMANDIE, without the lifeboats, towed to the outfitting quay in Saint Nazaire -© coloured by Daryl LeBlanc I, for myself would opt for the blessing. The digitization might make someone hungry for la véritable œuvre d'art. And may open eyes of others ... Digitization poll for ss/te NORMANDIE, screenshot from blogsite earlofcruise.blogspot.de The artworks of NORMANDIE is scattered around the world in numerous private collections of afficionadios, who cherish and care for their collectibles, and various museums. Since the devastating fire in February 1942, when NORMANDIE was tried to transfer into a trooper for the US NAVY, the vessel died like as in a Greek drama . First scene the fire at pier 88. Seconed scene a mortally wounded NORMANDIE laying in agony half drowned on startboard. Here NORMANDIE appeared like a gigantic wale stranded at the pier in the middle of Manhattan. Sce…
by Earl of Cruise
ssNORMANDIE, without the lifeboats, towed to the outfitting quay in Saint Nazaire -© coloured by Daryl LeBlanc I, for myself would opt for the blessing. The digitization might make someone hungry for la véritable œuvre d'art. And may open eyes of others ... Digitization poll for ss/te NORMANDIE, screenshot from blogsite earlofcruise.blogspot.de The artworks of NORMANDIE is scattered around the world in numerous private collections of afficionadios, who cherish and care for their collectibles, and various museums. Since the devastating fire in February 1942, when NORMANDIE was tried to transfer into a trooper for the US NAVY, the vessel died like as in a Greek drama . First scene the fire at pier 88. Seconed scene a mortally wounded NORMANDIE laying in agony half drowned on startboard. Here NORMANDIE appeared like a gigantic wale stranded at the pier in the middle of Manhattan. Sce…
