New Orleans, elegance and decadence /

New Orleans, elegance and decadence /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Sexton, Richard.
Imprint:	San Francisco : Chronicle Books, ©1993.
Description:	222 pages : color illustrations, maps (some color) ; 26 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Architecture -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Pictorial works. Architecture. Buildings. Manners and customs. New Orleans (La.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Pictorial works. New Orleans (La.) -- Social life and customs -- Pictorial works. Louisiana -- New Orleans. Pictorial works.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11592983

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Other authors / contributors:	Delehanty, Randolph.
ISBN:	0811800741 9780811800747 0811841316 9780811841313
Notes:	Includes index.
Summary:	This is a beautiful introduction to the multicultural art and architecture of the "Crescent City," the cognomen given to the city nestled along a tight bend of the Mississippi River. In this introductory history, the reader is familiarized with many new terms reflecting the multiethnic complexity of the local population. The combination of African, French, and Anglo-American immigrants formed a unique Creole culture that has produced its own music, cuisine, art, and architecture, displayed superbly in a vast variety of photographs.
Other form:	Online version: Sexton, Richard. New Orleans, elegance and decadence. San Francisco : Chronicle Books, ©1993

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Summary:	The lush, seductive, nostalgic elegance of New Orleans' streets, parks, and public buildings, as well as the fanciful, nuanced interiors of some of its most beautiful private homes and gardens, are insightfully revealed in this comprehensive photographic homage to the "Venice of North America" Over 200 full-color photographs and an informative, evocative text capture the public face and the private soul of a city perennially fascinating to visitors and residents alike.
Item Description:	Includes index.
Physical Description:	222 pages : color illustrations, maps (some color) ; 26 cm
ISBN:	0811800741 9780811800747 0811841316 9780811841313