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"With Banksy currently embellishing walls throughout New York, it's a perfect time to look back on the city's most legendary large-scale artworks. Murals of New York City (Rizzoli, $45) chronicles the metropolis's love affair with public paintings dating from 1900 to today. Artist Glenn Palmer-Smith, a painter and muralist who restored the beloved scenes at Bemelmans Bar and Caf\u00E9 Carlyle, gives the history of 33 works, while Architectural Digest contributing photographer Joshua McHugh provides the stunning visuals. Vanity Fair editor in chief Graydon Carter (a man who, as an owner of the Waverly Inn and Monkey Bar, knows a thing or two about murals) penned the introduction.\n\nPalmer-Smith's text reveals details behind the works that might be unknown to even native New Yorkers. Grand Central commuters probably don't realize that Paul C\u00E9sar Helleu's ceiling starscape was accidentally painted in reverse, while regulars at King Cole Bar might not know that that artist Maxfield Parrish mocked hotelier John Jacob Astor IV, who insisted on being depicted as the king, by painting the courtiers around him reacting to the royal's flatulence.\n\nIn a city where there's always something new, it's a welcome treat to discover novelty in the past.\n\nClick to see some of the paintings featured in Murals of New York City."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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