Virtuoso Life - January/February 2009 - (Page 33) PASSPORT Pull One Over on You Star power: The Trans-Siberian Express. Trip to Write Home About BOOKS World Architecture BY WILL PRYCE (Thames & Hudson, $80) Will Pryce’s new survey provides an architectural journey to the finest buildings ever built. Some 350 photos illuminate the Taj Mahal, Europe’s Gothic cathedrals, and Beijing’s Forbidden City, among other life-list destinations, with commentary and insight into why the icons serve as lasting monuments to their historical periods. The Golden Age of Spain BY JOAN SUREDA (The Vendome Press, $85) Spain New York Deco BY RICHARD BERENHOLTZ (Welcome Books, $125) New York skyscrapers’ heights often overwhelm their finer details. Not so in Richard Berenholtz’s limited-edition book, which salutes the art deco edifices and ornamentation of such landmarks as the Chrysler Building, Rockefeller Center, and the WaldorfAstoria. Housed in a foil-stamped slipcase and containing six gatefold photographs and a signed and numbered print by Berenholtz, New York Deco traces the growth of America’s greatest city at the height of the artistic movement in the 1920s and 1930s. – CHARLES EALY ruled as the most powerful country in the world between Columbus’ arrival in the New World in 1492 and the end of the Franco-Spanish War in 1659, ushering in an artistic golden era. Art history professor Joan Sureda examines the period’s painting, sculpture, and architecture in his new book, tying the creative burst of energy to New World riches and the rise of Spain’s role in Catholicism. With more than 200 color illustrations, this is a welcome edition for fans of El Greco and Diego Velázquez and a valuable primer for those planning to visit Spain. (JACKET AND BOOKS) IRIDIO SEATTLE J A N U A RY | F E B R U A RY 2 0 0 9 33 http://www.schneidersusa.com
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