Architecture As A Fine Art: Furniture And Related Designs (Combination); Author: Makinson, Randell L.; Hardback; Book

Author: Makinson, Randell L.
Combination Edition; Greene & Greene; Hardback; Book; Colour and B&w Illustrations
448 pages
Published: October 2001
Gibbs M. Smith Inc
ISBN: 1586851055
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Now under one cover, two classic, indispensable volumes by the foremost authority on Greene & Greene. Both volumes, Architecture and Furniture, have been continuously in print for more thantwenty years. All serious students of architecture must have this foundation research in their personal libraries.Charles and Henry Greene have become legends in the Arts & Crafts genre. Their ultimate bungalows are the standard against which all other U.S. Arts & Crafts architecture is measured.Volume I, Architecture, is a monument to the brothers Greene and their art, combining biography with descriptive analysis. Volume II, Furniture, delves into the nature of their integrated designs, with emphasis on furniture, light fixtures, art glass, and other decorative elements.This is a one-volume reprint of two volumes ( Architecture as a Fine Art , 1977 and Furniture and Related Designs , 1979), combining the foundation works of scholarship on Greene & Greene, two of the best known architects of the Arts & Crafts movement in America. The text, b&w photographs, and drawi