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Fair Park Deco Art & Architecture of the Texas Centennial Exposition Book
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Item specifics
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- Type
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- ISBN-13
- 9780875655017
- ISBN
- 9780875655017
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
TCU Press
ISBN-10
0875655017
ISBN-13
9780875655017
eBay Product ID (ePID)
117200509
Product Key Features
Book Title
Fair Park Deco : Art and Architecture of the Texas Centennial Exposition
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Language
English
Topic
History / Modern (Late 19th Century to 1945), United States / South / West South Central (Ar, La, Ok, Tx), Subjects & Themes / Architectural & Industrial, Photojournalism, Regional
Publication Year
2012
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Travel, Architecture, Photography
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
42.3 Oz
Item Length
10.1 in
Item Width
10.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2012-019449
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
709.764/0747642812
Synopsis
This is a fascinating tour of the 1936 Texas Centennial Exposition. It focuses specifically on the Art Deco art and architecture of Fair Park - the public spaces, buildings, sculptures and murals that were designed for the 1936 exposition. Most of the chapters in the book represent different areas of Fair Park, with buildings and artwork effectively arranged in the same order that a visitor to the Texas Centennial Exposition might have seen them., Fair Park Deco is a fascinating tour of the 1936 Texas Centennial Exposition. Like every American exposition in the 1930s, it began in economic depression. Although its economy had been buoyed by major oil discoveries in the early '30s, Texas agriculture was hard hit by the Great Depression. By the middle of the decade, state officials had set their sights on a great centennial celebration to help stimulate the economy and attract tourist dollars. "If during the next six months the people of the state could become filled with the idea of holding a big celebration on the one hundredth anniversary of the establishment of Texas independence," the state's centennial commission speculated in July, 1934, "it would have the effect of creating a general forward-looking spirit through the state. It would be more stimulating than anything we can think of, and this effect would be immediate." This book focuses specifically on the Art Deco art and architecture of Fair Park--the public spaces, buildings, sculptures and murals that were designed for the 1936 exposition. Most of the chapters in the book represent different areas of Fair Park, with buildings and artwork effectively arranged in the same order that a visitor to the Texas Centennial Exposition might have seen them. The art and architecture are featured in original photography by Jim Parsons and David Bush as well as in historic photographs. Fair Park is one of the finest collections of Deco architecture in the country, but it is so much more: the embodiment of Texan swagger, it is a testament to the Texanic task of creating a dazzling spectacle in the darkest days of the Depression.
LC Classification Number
N6494.A7P37 2012
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