New Orleans: Elegance and Decadence

by Richard Sexton (Photographs), Randolph Delehanty (Text)

The lush, seductive, Old World elegance of New Orleans is gloriously revealed in this photographic tribute to the "Venice of North America." Richard Sexton's photographs capture balcony-lined streets, French-style parks, Caribbean-inspired gardens, and ornate public buildings, and take us inside some of the city's most intriguing private homes. This new edition marks the tenth anniversary with a new cover and binding, and a fully revised afterword.
"Rarely," wrote The New Orleans Times-Picayune, "has the city been loved both so wisely and so well." A tribute to a lifestyle of insouciance and exuberance, touched by both spirituality and worldliness, New Orleans: Elegance and Decadence illuminates both the public face and the private soul of a perennially fascinating city. More than 200 full-color photographs and an insightful text capture the stories and characters of yore.

Genres: Art

224 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 1993

Reviews

[LeeAnne · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is one of my most favorite coffee table books ever. I'm a huge fan of decrepit architecture, peeling paint, and the patina that comes with age. I also love really eclectic interiors that come from using found objects and loved objects. This book presents plenty of all of the above. Its a real taste of some of what the Crescent City had, and still has.

[Bhan13 · Rating 4 out of 5]

I would give this book about my favourite city in the world five stars if it were republished with a few more colourful anecdotes to fill out the history and 500 more pages of photographs of elegant decay. Or more.

[Lucy Tierney · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lucious home interiors with peeling paint.

[Abby · Rating 4 out of 5]

Beautifully illustrated book that gives you sense of "elegance and decadence" of historic New Orleans, one of the most unique cities in the world.

[Michael Heath-Caldwell · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good book on the New Orleans architectural styles.