Greene And Greene

"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.Gregory, Daniel is the author of 'Greene And Greene ', published 2005 under ISBN 9781586854454 and ISBN 1586854453.