Stanford White in Detail
Stanford White in Detail
Samuel G. White; photographs by Jonathan Wallen
The Monacelli Press, October 2020
Hardcover | 7 x 9 inches | 256 pages | English | ISBN: 978-1580935388 | $40.00
PUBLISHER'S DESCRIPTION:
Once proposed as the ?Commissioner of Beauty? for New York City, Stanford White was a master of architecture, interior design, and ornament, fearlessly juxtaposing materials and objects from myriad cultures and times. Drawing on precedents from antiquity and the Renaissance, from Asia, the Middle East, and Europe as well as Colonial America, White created complex surfaces inside and out. Stanford White in Detail examines this innovative and intricate web through lush, tightly framed vignettes of carved wood and marble, metalwork, mosaic, and tile as well as generous overall room views to demonstrate how these are woven together for a unique effect. Samuel G. White, a great-grandson of Stanford White, is a senior partner of PBDW Architects in New York. He is the author of three books on McKim, Mead & White, most recently Stanford White Architect.
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dDAB COMMENTARY:
On the cover of Stanford White in Detail is an intricately carved wood surface from the Villard Houses in Midtown Manhattan, one of many landmarks designed by the firm of McKim, Mead and White. I'm not sure if it is, but I like to think of the surface as a door, making its presence on the cover an invitation to "open" the book and "enter"...
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