California Romantica: Spanish Colonial and Mission-Style Houses

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2007 Hard cover First edition. Stated 1st Ed. New in new dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 322 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. NEW book with NEW ... DJ: black cloth over boards with bright silver lettering on spine. DJ has small tear on lower edge near spine and has partially delaminated on front and back inside folds and spine edge. Book is PRISTINE; binding is generally tight and pages are clean, photos are bright. This is a beautiful book on California architecture and design. Read more Show Less

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Cloth, 319 pp., col. illus.; 34 cm. SIGNED by Diane Keaton & another individual (illegible) on the verso of the front free endpaper. Dust jacket, with wrinkling on the back, ... protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. "At the heart of California Romantica is the vision -- and admitted obsession -- of a committed preservationist who as a girl fell in love with the colonial-era and Spanish Colonial Revival architecture of Southern California. In her introduction to the book, Diane Keaton puts it quite succinctly: 'I knew I wanted to share the magic I'd felt within the aura created by the presence of Spanish architecture in Southern California...I wanted to capture the romance of an empty room. I wanted to focus on details, a fountain, a staircase, a doorway. I wanted to highlight the genre's disjointed symmetry, and informal, abstract appeal. I wanted the drama of light to reveal secrets that lay hidden beyond the facades. I wanted 'old' and 'Spanish' to stop being code words for demolition. I wanted us to give renewed vitality, and even a refined Modernism, to the historic dream of living in a perfect California Spanish home.' California Romantica is an expression of wonder and an ode to an extraordinary tradition in architecture marked by white-washed stucco and plaster walls, wrought iron, arches, towers, balconies, patios, terraces, window grills, tile work, stout doors; houses enveloped by and frequently cast in profound shadow and light; houses that are at once meditations on the past and also abiding evocations of a way of life that is so much of the present." -- Publisher. CONTENTS: The perfect world, by Diane Keaton; Sombras Romanticas, by D. J. Waldie; The French Ranch; Los Pavos Reales; Libby Stables; Ravenscroft; Ojo del Deseirto; Guerra Estate; Strauss Home; Graves House; Rancho de los Quiotes; Villa Vurora; Dolgen House; Casa del Herrero; Black Residence; Wilk-Burch House; Hofer House; Casa Romantica; Olgilvy Estate; El Bosque; Isla Mar. Read more Show Less

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New York, New York, U.S.A. 2007 Hard Cover First Edition Fine in Very Good jacket Folio-over 12"-15" tall. Signed & Inscribed By Author TEXT UNMARKED, minoe edge wear to DJ, NO ... EXPEDITED OR INTERNATIONAL ON THIS ITEM, SIGNED BY DIANE KEATON. Read more Show Less

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2007 New 978-0-8478-2975-0. Flawless copy, brand new, pristine, never opened--322 pages. Description: " 'California Romantica' features the most important, yet rarely seen, ... residential exemplars of the California Mission and Spanish Colonial styles, by such noted architects as George Washington Smith, Wallace Neff, Richard Requa, Lilian Rice, and Paul R. Williams, among others. From whitewashed stucco walls and cloistered patios to tile roofs and sumptuous gardens, each house shown is a rare masterpiece, splendidly appointed with authentic Monterey furniture, California tile, and Navajo rugs. Among the magnificent seaside estates, canyon villas, and courtyard bungalows shown is Diane Keaton's former home in Beverly Hills, which she thoughtfully restored with noted designer Stephen Shadley, and for which she has been recognized as a committed preservationist. She brings her cinematic eye, a keen sense of natural drama, and a profound appreciation for the nuances of shadow and light to the elucidation of t Read more Show Less

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California Romantica features the most important, yet rarely seen, residential exemplars of the California Mission and Spanish Colonial styles, by such noted architects as George Washington Smith, Wallace Neff, Richard Requa, Lilian Rice, and Paul R. Williams, among others. From whitewashed stucco walls and cloistered patios to tile roofs and sumptuous gardens, each house shown is a rare masterpiece, splendidly appointed with authentic Monterey furniture, California tile, and Navajo rugs. Among the magnificent seaside estates, canyon villas, and courtyard bungalows shown is Diane Keaton’s former home in Beverly Hills, which she thoughtfully restored with noted designer Stephen Shadley, and for which she has been ...
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California Romantica features the most important, yet rarely seen, residential exemplars of the California Mission and Spanish Colonial styles, by such noted architects as George Washington Smith, Wallace Neff, Richard Requa, Lilian Rice, and Paul R. Williams, among others. From whitewashed stucco walls and cloistered patios to tile roofs and sumptuous gardens, each house shown is a rare masterpiece, splendidly appointed with authentic Monterey furniture, California tile, and Navajo rugs. Among the magnificent seaside estates, canyon villas, and courtyard bungalows shown is Diane Keaton’s former home in Beverly Hills, which she thoughtfully restored with noted designer Stephen Shadley, and for which she has been recognized as a committed preservationist. She brings her cinematic eye, a keen sense of natural drama, and a profound appreciation for the nuances of shadow and light to the elucidation of these buildings, through the selection of specially commissioned photography. Authoritative text by D. J. Waldie lucidly explicates the architecture and provides an intimate tour of a historic and distinctly Californian lifestyle.

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  • ISBN-13: 9780847829750
  • Publisher: Rizzoli
  • Publication date: 11/6/2007
  • Pages: 322
  • Sales rank: 145,213
  • Product dimensions: 9.83 (w) x 13.31 (h) x 1.34 (d)

Meet the Author

Diane Keaton has been recognized for her work in California architectural preservation. She is widely known for her work in theater and film, and has won numerous awards and accolades, including an Oscar for her role in Annie Hall and praise for her work as director of Unstrung Heroes. D. J. Waldie is the author of Holy Land: A Suburban Memoir, which received the California Book Award for nonfiction in 1996, Where We Are Now: Notes from Los Angeles, and co-author of Real City: Downtown Los Angles Inside/Out. He is a regular contributor to Los Angeles Magazine, The Los Angeles Times, L. A. Weekly, and others.
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