According to the Oxford English Living Dictionary, Art Deco is “Shortened from French art décoratif ‘decorative art’, from the 1925 Exposition des Arts décoratifs in Paris. The predominant decorative art style of the 1920s and 1930s, characterized by precise and boldly delineated geometric shapes and strong colours and used most notably in household objects and in architecture.”
An intaglio (engraved in stone) relief carving- Above Channel Gardens Entrance of 620 Fifth Avenue. By architectural sculptor Lee Lawrie with colorist Leon V. Solon, 1933.
“The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum is dedicated to the exhibition and interpretation of history, science and service as related to its home aboard the aircraft carrier Intrepid, a National Historic Landmark. “ Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum Website
“Launched in 1943, the former aircraft carrier USS Intrepid fought in World War II, surviving five kamikaze attacks and one torpedo strike. The ship later served in the Cold War and the Vietnam War. Intrepid also served as a NASA recovery vessel in the 1960s. It was decommissioned in 1974, and today is berthed on the Hudson River as the centerpiece of the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum.” Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum Website
The Growler, one of America’s first nuclear-missile submarines. “its secret mission patrolling the coast of the Soviet Union from 1958 to 1964, ready to retaliate if the Soviets attacked the United States” Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum Website
Lockheed A-12, a high speed, high altitude reconnaissance (spy) aircraft of the early 1960’s with a speed of over 2,260 miles per hour, or three times the speed of sound- Mach 3. It did not operate from carriers.
Before a game in 2009 Yankee star Alex Rodriguez (Manhattan born and Miami raised) working out with team Director of Strength and Conditioning, Dana Cavalea (I think).
From the concrete jungle to the hardwood forests. Far from the maddening crowds of Manhattan, located in the boondocks of the outer boroughs but still within the confines of the great megalopolis are the urban forests and woodlands of New York City. Below are winter leafless versions.
“Let Us Beat Swords into Plowshares” was sculpted in bronze by Russian-born Evgeniy Vuchetich and donated to the U.N. by the Government of the Soviet Union in 1959.
At the time, the United Nations Office of Public Information commented that the sculpture was: “symbolizing man’s desire to put an end to war and convert the means of destruction into creative tools for the benefit of all mankind.”
Although the sculptor is in the style of Socialist Realism (depictions of-supposed- communist values) from a country with an official ideology of atheism, the title of the work was derived from biblical references: Isaiah 2:4, Joel 3:10 and Micah 4:3.
“Non-Violence” also known as “The Knotted Gun,” a bronze sculpture of an oversized .357 Magnum revolver tied in a knot, was inspired by the murder of John Lennon. It was created by Swedish sculpture Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd and donated to the United Nations in 1988 by the government of Luxembourg.
Can a goat gloat? Is this goat, vaingloriously primping and preening on its very own pedestal, the G.O.A.T (Greatest Of All Time) goat or is it just a goat standing on a small table (or whatever) waiting to be fed? At the Queens Farm.
