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Book Review: Rev. Dr. Mark Hargreaves' The Sacred Architecture Of Irving J. Gill, Molly Mcclain Jan 2024

Book Review: Rev. Dr. Mark Hargreaves' The Sacred Architecture Of Irving J. Gill, Molly Mcclain

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The House Of Dreams Awakens, Molly Mcclain, Heather Crane Oct 2023

The House Of Dreams Awakens, Molly Mcclain, Heather Crane

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La Jolla's "House O'Dreams" (1911-18) is a palatial East Asian-style house built from architectural materials most likely sourced from San Francisco’s Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915) which featured a Chinese Village and a three-acre Imperial Japanese Garden.


Home: Where The Art Was, Molly Mcclain Jul 2023

Home: Where The Art Was, Molly Mcclain

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California plein air artist Alfred R. Mitchell (1888-1972) and his wife Dorothea Webster Mitchell designed a unique studio space in the Arts & Crafts style in their home in Golden Hill with the assistance of architect Lloyd Ruocco.


Portrait Of The Artist’S Wife: Dorothea Webster Mitchell, 1894-1985, Molly Mcclain Oct 2022

Portrait Of The Artist’S Wife: Dorothea Webster Mitchell, 1894-1985, Molly Mcclain

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Dorothea Webster Mitchell participated in the career of her husband, a well-known plein air artist Alfred R. Mitchell working in San Diego, California. The article reconstructs Dorothea's subjectivity, or changing conceptions of herself as a creative and artistic woman who found herself enmeshed in her husband's life and work.


Wild Things To Make Your Heart Sing, Molly Mcclain Oct 2020

Wild Things To Make Your Heart Sing, Molly Mcclain

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The article describes the collaboration between philanthropist Ellen Browning Scripps (1836-1932) and artist Albert R. Valentien (1862-1926) that produced an exceptional collection of watercolors depicting the wildflowers of California, now in the collection of the San Diego Natural History Museum.


Modest, Modern, Molly Mcclain Oct 2019

Modest, Modern, Molly Mcclain

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This article looks at the mid-century modern houses built by architect Russell Forester in the Scripps Estates Associates in La Jolla, California.


St. Mary’S Chapel, The Bishop’S School, La Jolla, Molly Mcclain Apr 2017

St. Mary’S Chapel, The Bishop’S School, La Jolla, Molly Mcclain

History: Faculty Scholarship

The article explores the history of St. Mary’s Chapel at The Bishop’s School, a sacred space for students, staff, and alumni at the Episcopal preparatory school in La Jolla, California.


Architecture As Nature’S Canvas, Molly Mcclain Jan 2016

Architecture As Nature’S Canvas, Molly Mcclain

History: Faculty Scholarship

This short article explores architect Irving J. Gill's integration of the natural environment into his modern structures.