New York Minute

New York MinuteBefore watches and mobile phones were widely accessible, people relied on public clocks to keep them running on time. New York City has long been adorned by extravagant public clockstowers, pediments, skyscrapers, building lobbies, and even sidewalks feature timepieces counting out the pulse of a great metropolis. In New York Minute, Matthew White provides a fascinating tour of fifty three spectacular clocks, encouraging us to look up and behold the

and they are even more stylistically and culturally diverse—ranging from an ancient Egyptian tomb model

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Easy to follow and packed with inspiring takeaways

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spanning decades of transformation in art and world culture

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Visitors to the National Gallery in Washington usually make straight for the rooms holding the museum's works by the greatest Impressionist artists

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and his ambitious mural decorations for the public monuments of Boston