MOVIE THEATERS
MARCHAND & MEFFRE
Temática:
ARQUITECTURA
Editorial:
PRESTEL
Código:
9783791387741
ISBN:
9783791387741
Peso:
500 Gr.
Cantidad de Páginas:
304
- Disponible
- Consulte disponibilidad
- Agotado
$ 5490
Descripción
They are in every American city and towngrandiose movie palaces, constructed during the heyday of the entertainment industry, that now stand abandoned, empty, decaying, or repurposed. Since 2005, the acclaimed photographic duo Marchand/Meffre have been traveling across the US to visit these early 20th-century relics. In hundreds of lushly colored images they have captured the rich architectural diversity of the theaters exteriors, from neo renaissance to neo-Gothic, art nouveau to Bauhaus, and neo-Byzantine to Jugendstill. They have also stepped inside to capture the commonalities of a dying culturecrumbling plaster, rows of broken crushed-velvet seats, peeling paint, defunct equipment, and abandoned concession standsas well as their transformation into bingo halls, warehouses, fitness centers, flea markets, parking lots, and grocery stores. Using a large format camera, the photographers carefully composed images range from landscape exteriors to starkly beautiful closeups. Presented here in a gorgeous oversized format, exquisitely printed with superior inks and spot varnish, this illustrated eulogy for the American movie palace is certain to become a modern-day classic.
