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4 reviews
Robert Polidori, Jean-Marie Perouse de Montclos

h. f. ullmann, 2008

Spectacular photography! Superior quality book!
We own this beautiful book. It is filled with high quality photographs, portraying the true beauty of the Lorie Valley. We are purchasing one more copy as a gift for a dear friend who traveled with us to Chenonceaux, and Chambord. Our personal photo's did not do justice to the true beauty of these castles. This book will be on our coffee table, to remind us of the breathtaking experience ...

Versailles

7 reviews
Robert Polidori, Jean-Marie Pérouse de Montclos

Place des Victoires, 1999

Really deserves 10 stars! However, I must warn you...
This is THE BEST book there is on Versailles (which is probably why its normally a hundred bucks!) There is only one problem I have ever had with the book and that is the poor physical quality. I had to order it twice because my first copy fell completely apart within a few weeks. Needless to say I was not happy at all when that happened. Every copy that I have seen (in libraries, other ...

The Vampyre and Other Tales of the Macabre (Oxford World's Classics)

2 reviews
John Polidori

Oxford University Press, USA, 1997

Sink your fangs into this one!
Out of these 14 stories, I thought 6 were excellent, 5 were quite good. 2 did nothing for me. A couple of caveats. These stories were written in the early 19th century. Atmosphere counted for a lot. If you've read a lot of modern horror stories, and especially if you watch horror movies, these stories might seem tame to you. The horror often focuses on the situation and psychological ...

Robert Polidori: After the Flood

3 reviews
Robert Polidori

Steidl, 2006

Photography as a "process of revelation"
"After the Flood", the latest book by French Canadian Photographer, Robert Polidori, about the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina is also his largest and most powerful. It is as if his books on Havana and Chernobyl were mere foretastes to this exceptional and moving work, and certainly anyone who has seen these two books came away with a feeling of the power and storytelling that Polidori's images ...

Richard Serra: The Matter Of Time

2 reviews
Carmen GimEnez, Hal Foster, ...

Steidl/Guggenheim Bilbao, 2005

an excellent compilation
The Library Journal review above makes this book sound terrifyingly difficult. In fact, if you're the kind of person interested in buying a critical work on Serra, you're probably "up" enough to read this with ease. It's a loose collection of interviews, criticism and essays, including what I think is the best piece I've read on Serra yet, by Krauss. Not too much prior knowledge of contemporary ...

Libya: The Lost Cities of the Roman Empire

4 reviews
Antonio Di Vita, Ginette Divita-Evrard, ...

Konemann, 1999

Roman Civilizations-Buried by Sand
This book is magnificent.The first 180 pages are devoted to the western province of Tripolitania, where ruins of the Roman cities of Sabratha, Oea(present-day Tripoli),and Leptis Magna are located along the North African coastline in the Gulf of Sirte. The next 50-odd pages cover the eastern province of Cyrenaica toward Egypt where the Greco-Roman cities of Cyrene, Apollonia, and Ptolemais are ...

Robert Polidori (Fotografie: Portfolio)

1 review

Te Neues Publishing Company, 2006

Polidori is the best
Great collections for all those who admire the work of Robert Polidori. The publication is affordable, it's quality printing, and worth having in every conceivable way.

The Levant: History and Archaeology in the Eastern Mediterranean (Art & Architecture)

3 reviews
Pierre-Louis Gatier, Robert-Louis Gatier, ...

Konemann, 2000

A Great Book !!!
This book is one of the great additions to the Levant section in any scholarly library. It is well researched and very well illustrated. This reviewer is impressed by the rigour and the excellence of the research that went into this work. Especially commendable is the total absence of any and all the Biblical mythology that seems to permeate more vulgar works that appeal to the pseudo-literate.

Heroes Of The Revolution mini: American Cars And Cuban Beats

2 reviews
Robert Polidori

edel CLASSICS GmbH, 2007

A Very Cool CD!
The Book and CD sound kind of gimmicky but rest assured both are great. When I ordered it I figured I'd get a cool book with neat old car photos and a lame-o CD. Not so! The music is very good! A fun item!

Zones of Exclusion: Pripyat and Chernobyl

5 reviews

Steidl/Pace/MacGill Gallery, 2003

Extraordinary Work
I won't endeavor to describe this book any more than Amazon's editors. But, I will say that I've collected photography books for close to twenty years and this is one of the most beautiful I've seen. The work is extraordinary, both disquieting and alluring at the same time. Polidori's composition, use of color and eye for detail is indicative of not only classic artistic stylisation, but a ...

Robert Polidori's Metropolis

1 review
Robert Polidori, Martin C. Pedersen, ...

Metropolis Books, 2004

Photography of Architecture as Archaeology
Photographer Robert Polidori is at once a journalist and an artist and combines these two elements of inspection and observation into a remarkably beautiful and touching book. Polidori is fascinated, even obsessed, with architecture as evidence of the presence or absence of man, praising the feats of the creators and the flaws of the destroyers. Based on his photographs of devastated ...

Chateaux of the Loire Valley
Robert Polidori, Jean-Marie Perouse De Montclos

Konemann, 2007

THE CURSE OF THE UNDEAD
M. L. (editor) (John Polidori; The Marquis de Sade; Matthew Gregory Lewis; J. Sheridan Le Fanu; Bram Stoker; F. Marion Crawford; Evelyn E. Smith; Fredric Brown; Robert Bloch; Niel Straum; Edgar Allan Poe) Carter

Fawcett Gold Medal, 1970

Classic Tales of Vampires and Their Victims.

If on a Winter's Night...Roni Horn
Elisabeth Lebovici, Thierry de Duve, ...

Steidl/Fotomuseum Winterthur, 2003

To enter Roni Horn's realm requires courage. But you only become aware of this after the fact, when it's already too late to back away, to erase the ever-repeating images from your mind. Attracted by the endless pictures of water or blurring images of clouds and clowns, seduced by dozens of young girl faces and pairs of eyes, you enter her realm somewhat unsuspectingly. And then the lock clicks behind you, almost silently, and you are standing ...

Moods Of La Habana mini: Original Music From Cuba And Photos By Robert Polidori
Robert Polidori

edel CLASSICS GmbH, 2007

In his fascinating images, star photographer Robert Polidori casts an objective glance at and behind the decaying facades of the Cuban capital. Accompanied by original Cuban music which moves back and forth between deep melancholy and unbridled joie de vivre, the viewer can experience the soul of Cuba the sould of Havana through the inhabitant's faces, architecture and music. Music CDs: Authentic sounds of Cuba on four CDs, including original ...

La Libye antique
Lidiano Bacchielli, Antonino Di Vita, ...

Mengès, 1999

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