tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post1026062007271768884..comments2024-03-28T22:50:02.315+11:00Comments on ART and ARCHITECTURE, mainly: French Deco architecture in Shanghai between the warsHelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-8444967513884229232014-04-11T01:44:49.401+10:002014-04-11T01:44:49.401+10:00Ann
the wrap around verandas and square windows o...Ann<br /><br />the wrap around verandas and square windows of Gascogne are very familiar and much loved Deco elements. That they were loved in Melbourne (see Stanhill Flats), Napier and Tel Aviv should alert us to how popular they were in Shanghai, in the same decades.<br /><br />A yearly festival is a brilliant idea! Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-82889620211413440832014-04-10T23:03:10.178+10:002014-04-10T23:03:10.178+10:00your link to he Gascogne is dead but I searched it...your link to he Gascogne is dead but I searched it and am glad I did. Art Deco is just wonderful. Napier NZ has a festival every February of clothes and cars to match the buildings.<br />I think Shanghai is where an amazing 'jazz' band of musicians who are from the state orchestra play brilliantly on Thursdays only. I first saw this on Clive James years ago and my friend went there and actually saw them. <br />Spencer Dodington is such an apt and lyrical name.Ann ODynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01159263330547329077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-33822293962421568612014-04-09T00:14:37.995+10:002014-04-09T00:14:37.995+10:00We Travel
you could not have found a more interes...We Travel<br /><br />you could not have found a more interesting tour... I should have put a link in the post:<br /><br />Jewish Shanghai 1850-1950: safe haven<br />http://melbourneblogger.blogspot.com.au/2011/04/jewish-shanghai-1850-1950-safe-haven.htmlHelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-58340649599071180292014-04-09T00:11:05.810+10:002014-04-09T00:11:05.810+10:00columnist
absolutely agree. But I couldn't ca...columnist<br /><br />absolutely agree. But I couldn't canvas the earlier era because it will not be covered by the The book Shanghai Art Deco Master by Spencer Dodington and Charles Lagrange. However the Shanghai International Literary Festival might cover the Bund etc. <br /><br />Do go and visit your friends there... you will kick yourselves if you don't. Joe and I had a ball.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-72917177625028004942014-04-09T00:06:33.862+10:002014-04-09T00:06:33.862+10:00Jane and Lance
Sometimes you look at buildings de...Jane and Lance<br /><br />Sometimes you look at buildings designed in the Deco era, especially 1925-40, and you cannot tell if you are looking at Shanghai, Tel Aviv, Berlin, Napier NZ or Miami. There is a Look! I have never been to Montevideo, but I assume you love its Deco architecture.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-66770786774383294132014-04-09T00:01:24.849+10:002014-04-09T00:01:24.849+10:00Parnassus
nod... I think Deco was such an interna...Parnassus<br /><br />nod... I think Deco was such an international art and design movement, it is inevitable that it would have crept into your Chinese antiques. <br /><br />Do you think Shanghai was more vested with the modernism of Deco than other Chinese cities?Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-28725544024663191582014-04-08T21:39:25.655+10:002014-04-08T21:39:25.655+10:00Husband and I went on a terrific tour of Old Shang...Husband and I went on a terrific tour of Old Shanghai, including The Peace Hotel, Ohel Moshe synagogue, the Bund etc. Next time I would like a better look at the Hongkou district.WeTravelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-47165121490147459342014-04-08T21:12:46.661+10:002014-04-08T21:12:46.661+10:00I think the architecture in Shanghai including the...I think the architecture in Shanghai including the earlier buildings on the Bund would be the overriding reason for visiting Shanghai. We have good friends who live there and who are forever berating us for not making the trip over, but I am much less enamoured of the high density of people, and the pollution, so thus far it is a city in China that remains elusive.columnisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03764365428633038329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-54458373396726742542014-04-08T19:32:15.888+10:002014-04-08T19:32:15.888+10:00Hello Hels:
Fascinating, as always. The Alfred Ma...Hello Hels:<br /><br />Fascinating, as always. The Alfred Magy Apartment building is most striking and reminds us of similar architecture still to be found [but for how much longer?]in Montevideo.Jane and Lance Hattatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16831890261259302647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-69926862875493823912014-04-08T19:18:24.130+10:002014-04-08T19:18:24.130+10:00Hello Hels, Shanghai was truly a cosmopolitan cit...Hello Hels, Shanghai was truly a cosmopolitan city in those days. This post resonated with me because of my own collecting interests. Many high-style Chinese antiques from that period are vested with the spirit of Art Deco, even when following traditional Chinese forms and designs.<br />--JimParnassushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08958901307538141468noreply@blogger.com