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Catskills Country Style
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Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #1087365 in Books
- Published on: 2006-09-12
- Released on: 2006-09-12
- Original language: English
- Binding: Hardcover
- 208 pages
Editorial Reviews
From Booklist
Catskills begins with an evocative introduction by author Francine Prose that reflects on the area's timeless quality and the "reckless (yet tasteful) disregard" for a single historical style as seen in the book's range of humble cabins, rambling farmhouses, stark contemporary structures, and wildly ornate mansions--rusticity and elegance combined. Gillian Engberg
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About the Author
Francine Prose is the author of many books, including Blue Angel, Primitive People, and Household Saints, which was made into a movie with Tracey Ullman, Vincent D'Onofrio, and Lili Taylor.
Customer Reviews
Another photog feast of architectural gems from this pair!
Steve Gross and Sue Daley have been dazzling the oft-oversaturated "coffee table" book market since their unusual and eclectic book OLD HOUSES was published more than a decade ago.
Unlike many photographic books of this genre--or photographers for that matter--Gross + Daley look for the unusual, the misplaced, the forgotten, even the sublime. Their photographic style, while crisp, is voyeuristic without being intrusive. Rarely styling their photographs, they allow the interiors or exteriors to speak in their own evocative voices.
As with their previous books, CATSKILLS COUNTRY STYLE is infused with a variety of architectural styles and unusual homes, even little-known museums and undeliberate vintage set-pieces. And, as in their other books, the houses they select are styled by their talented, often capricious, owners or the benign patterning of neglect and wear and age. This photographic team always embrace the off-beat or the discarded, forgotten time-encapsulated gems which fall away from "back road" America.
If you do not live in the Catskills or have no intention of going there, it doesn't matter. If you like unusual houses and their interiors or have always desired a place in the country, this book will delight, inspire and captivate.
With an apt, well-written introduction by Francine Prose and excellent captions--instead of text-heavy chapters--which keep the focus on the photography.
A visual feast! Check out OLD HOUSES, too, as well as Gross + Daley's other recently published book, SANTA FE COUNTRY STYLE, and AT HOME WITH PAST. All books have a similar aesthetic and approach and you will not be disappointed.
You can smell the freah air.
This book through the use of superb photograhy and simple but informative captions conveys the love the owners have for these homes in the country. From the ornate victorian to the simple country style cottage of a beekeeper this book is a pleasure to own and display.
