Greene & Greene
Greene & Greene By Marvin Rand\ With an introduction by Daniel Gregory\ In this collection of unequalled photography, renowned architectural photographer Marvin Rand reveals a whole new interpretation of the legendary California brother architects Charles and Henry Greene. Rand has documented the architectural work of the Greenes since 1959, when he accepted a request from the Metropolitan Museum of Art to photograph their sconces and lighting. He has been enamored with the Greenes ever...
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Going beyond documenting their work, author Marvin Rand captures the emotion and art of the buildings created by the legendary California brothers and architects, Charles and Henry Greene, in Greene & Greene. Rand's images focus on details-architectural elements, lighting, and materials-which create the illusion that one could reach out and touch them, feeling the sensuousness of line and texture in each design.The art of the Greenes is interpreted by Rand in 150 choice photographs, documenting the culmination of the Craftsman period and highlighting the art of workmanship by the architects.Rand has tried to extend architecture as a form of art, exploring the quality of emotion expressed in light and shadow, using what is evident in architectural design. He has been published in numerous books and magazines throughout the world and has been showcased in major exhibitions. Rand lives in Marina del Rey, California.Daniel Gregory graduated from Yale in 1973, and after earning a Ph. D. in Architecture from the University of California-Berkeley, he taught architectural history at Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh. Now Sunset magazine's home editor, he has served on national juries for the American Institute of Architects.
"The realism of living"\ Marvin sees the architecture of Greene and Greene as art that is part of the environment where we live. At his studio he showed me one of his most evocative images, the shadowy porte cochere and crisply curving driveway of the Blacker House, and there was a surprising detail: the sprinklers were on, forming a mist over the lawn at the right rear of the photograph. This is what Marvin calls the "realism of living." Daily life--represented by the sprinklers--is lived in these houses, no matter how artful or remarkable they may be from a design standpoint. In this case the mist created an ethereal, almost otherworldly aura, like the idealized background in the portrait of the Mona Lisa. The effect was both realistic and romantic at the same time.\
Preface: A Passion for Greene and Greene AcknowledgmentsIntroductionThe Early YearsWillis M. Eason HouseJames Swan HouseCharles W. Hollister HouseSamuel P. Sanborn HouseJohn Bakewell Phillips HouseJames Culbertson HouseLucretia R. Garfield HouseEdgar W. Camp HouseMary Reeve Darling HouseDr. Arthur A. Libby HouseThe Grand EraLaurabelle A. Robinson HouseFreeman/Ford HouseFrank W. Hawks HouseTheodore Irwin, Jr., HouseJames W. Neil HouseDavid B. Gamble HouseMargaret B.S. Clapham Spinks HouseCharles M. Pratt HouseWilliam R. Thorsen HouseCornelia A. Culbertson HouseMortimer and Janet Fleishhacker EstateRobert Roe Blacker EstateThe Carmel ExperienceD.L. James HouseThomas Gould, Jr., HouseMartin Flavin HouseWalter L. Richardson HouseFurniture, Lighting, and Decorative AccessoriesThe Paintings of Charles Sumner GreeneGreene and Greene Leaded and Stained-Glass Windows
