| Description |
240 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm |
| Summary |
The elegant houses designed by Charles Sumner Greene and Henry Mather Greene have come to define the Arts and Crafts movement in the United States. A seamless fusion of simplicity and sophisticated detail with meticulous attention to building materials and natural surroundings, each Greene and Greene house is a model of timeless home design. Greene & Greene: Masterworks is the first book to present the brothers' most important works, complete with color photographs. Greene & Greene surveys twenty-five masterpieces produced by the firm from the turn of the century to the twenties. Arts and Crafts expert Bruce Smith leads you through the details - entrances, art glass, lighting, staircases, wood joinery, fireplaces, and more - that illustrate the evolution of the Greenes' hallmark style. Alexander Vertikoff's photographs capture the houses' formal grace and exquisite colors. Including an insightful foreword by the Gamble House director, Edward R |
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Bosley, Greene & Greene celebrates the landmark architectural vision of Charles and Henry Greene |
| Notes |
"An Archetype Press book." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 236-237) and index |
| Subject |
Greene & Greene.
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Architecture, Domestic -- California.
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Architecture -- California -- History -- 20th century.
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Arts and crafts movement -- California.
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| Author |
Vertikoff, Alexander.
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| LC no. |
98012068 |
| ISBN |
0811818780 |
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