Keep Looking Up!
“A delightful collection of quirky faces, figures, and creatures
that adorn New York City buildings."
A version of this description is found in each of three books by Robert Arthur King, Animals in Stone, Figures in Stone, and Faces in Stone. The books feature Robert's own photographs of architectural details on New York City buildings, often missed as we may rush by these treasures. Thus, Robert's signature admonition to all, "Keep looking up!"
Walking Tours
Consider using the maps and location information in Robert's books to navigate your own "walking tour" of New York City neighborhoods. And if you run into Robert doing the same, he will surely take you on a tour!
Books by Robert Arthur King
Animals in Stone:
Architectural Sculpture in New York City
Companion to Faces in Stone, this is a gift-sized and attractively priced book for architecture buffs. It features more than one hundred imaginative sculptural details, from the domestic to the fantastic, with a brief introduction and contextual photos to show the building on which each ornament appears, the addresses, and transportation information. 250 duotone photographs; 4 maps
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Figures in Stone:
Architectural Sculpture in New York City
This gift-sized and attractively priced book for architecture buffs features more than two hundred imaginative sculptural details, from the domestic to the fantastic, with a brief introduction and contextual photos to show the building on which each ornament appears, the addresses, and transportation information. Contains the complete contents of King’s Faces in Stone and Animals in Stone, available for the first time in one decisive volume.
Faces in Stone:
Architectural Sculpture in New York City
An architectural impulse book, gift-sized and -priced, for those who love finding unknown corners of New York City. This collection of one hundred architectural details features brief introductions and contextual photographs to show the buildings on which the ornaments appear, the addresses, and transportation information.
322 duotone photographs