Mardi Gras Treasures
Subtitle: Float Designs of the Golden Age
Publisher: Pelican Publishing Company
Published: December 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9781565547230
Subjects: Industrial / Commercial Art & Design; Pageants, parades, festivals; c 1800 to c 1900; Design and construction; Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions - General; Performing Arts; Art & Art Instruction; Parade float designers; Architecture; Louisiana; History; Customs & Traditions; Design - General; Carnival floats; Reference; New Orleans
First sentence: Among the numerous felicities  that have  made New Orleans the least American of American cities, none surpass,  in age or affection,  the joys of Carnival.
Description: "The fantastic parade floats of Carnival's Golden Age (1870-1930) depicted themes drawn from mythology, epic literature, history, nature, and whimsy. The glimmering processions of the masked gods and bearded kings of New Orleans Carnival occupy a central position among the rites and glories of this great festival. The long succession of these glowing, torch-lit pageants--with their towering monsters and fantastic decors, their papier-m?ch? kingdoms and diamond-dust thrones--became the greatest and most beloved of New Orleans communal rituals" -- publisher website (April 2007).