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2 reviews
Mariet Westermann

Phaidon Press, 2000

Understanding Rembrandt.
In her book Mariet Westerman guides us through the life and works of Rembrandt - from his earliest self-portraits to the introspective works of his later days. And she does so with empathy and a deep understanding of both the artist's character and the artistic, economic and social environment which he was a part of. Westerman writes in a matter-of-fact way without being superficial. Thus the ...

Jeff Koons

1 review

Yale University Press, 2008

Quick before it costs 4,000.00.
This is an excellent art book. The color reproductions are flawless, but I feel it's quite repetitive. I wish there was a HUGE volume of EVERYTHING for Jeff Koons fans.... Only I wish I didn't have to spend 4,000 dollars to get it. Bonami's book is inexpensive and covers a lot. Similar to her foreign publication on Jeff Koons. There's a great selection of photographs in each body of work. The ...

Frida Kahlo

7 reviews
Hayden Herrera, Victor Zamudio-Taylor, ...

Walker Art Center, 2007

Amazing essays on an amazing artist
To say that this is a major catalogue from a major exhibit is to ignore the more important point...this is a collection of brilliant essays on Kahlo and stunning photographs of her painting and related works and people in the Kahlo circle, but also Mexican folk art, history and the modernist movement in Mexico. He is also a thrilling writer and critic on the use of allegory and on Kahlo and ...

Gustave Courbet

3 reviews
Sylvain Amic, Kathryn Calley Galitz, ...

Hatje Cantz, 2008

major new study of the art, life, and ideas of the French painter Courbet
Gustave Courbet (1819-1877) embraced the democratic ideas and values taking root in French Society following the overthrow of the French monarchy in the latter 1700s not only in his art, but in all other areas of his life as well. A moody bohemian-like person who naturally drifted to the margins of society, Courbet nonetheless sought political positions. At one time, he was the mayor of Paris's ...

Alberto Vargas: Works from the Max Vargas Collection

11 reviews
Reid Stewart Austin

Bulfinch, 2006

Just breathtaking...
I thoroughly enjoyed the book and reading about Alberto Vargas, his work, his relationships with his publisher(s) and his wife. The man was an amazing talent. The size of these illustrations were incredible, sorry to see a seam going down the middle ... If I could I'd take them out and hang them in poster frames! I wish there were even more drawings to enjoy.

The Painter from Shanghai: A Novel

29 reviews
Jennifer Cody Epstein

W.W. Norton & Company, 2008

Compelling and heartbreaking story of a woman's fight to be an artist
The Painter from Shanghai by Jennifer Cody Epstein is the story of famed Chinese artist Pan Yuliang. If the book was fiction (it is a fictionalized biography), it would be impossible to believe that it's true. Yuliang was sold into a brothel at the age of 14 by her opium-addict uncle. The girl initially believed that she was going to do embroidery to support the family. Trained by the brothel's ...

Hackers and Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age

54 reviews
Paul Graham

O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2004

Unconventional book, unconventional author, surprising points made
The book particularly deals with the nexus between programming, creativity, social commentary, wealth-generation, business-personal-entrepreneurial psychology (his specialty!) and LISP-related stuff. I skipped the programming sections because Im not a programmer. The philosophical commentary was better than 90% of other philosophy books I've read, more cutting and more true-to-life.

A Life of Picasso: The Triumphant Years, 1917-1932

9 reviews
John Richardson

Knopf, 2007

Valuable Insights into Picasso's Sources and Methods
If you think you know Picasso's work, this book will convince you otherwise. John Richardson has done a tremendous service by sorting out when Picasso produced his greatest works between 1917 and 1932, what sources he "borrowed" from, what he was trying to accomplish, and how all of these works affected his career. This book was quite a revelation to me. Simply by seeing a lot of his work (as ...

Marlene Dumas: Measuring Your Own Grave
Cornelia Butler, Richard Shiff, ...

D.A.P./Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, 2008

In her expressionistic drawings and paintings of the last three decades, acclaimed South African artist Marlene Dumas has focused on the human figure, probing themes of love, desire, despair and confusion in order to slyly critique social and political attitudes toward women, children, people of color and others who have historically been victimized. From her evocative portraits, based on photographs of friends and family as well as figures ...

Creating Black Americans: African-American History and Its Meanings, 1619 to the Present

4 reviews
Nell Irvin Painter

Oxford University Press, USA, 2006

A creative approach
Nell Irvin Painter is the Edward Professor of American History at Princeton University. She is author of many books on the Black experience and African American history in the United States, including 'Sojourner Truth: A Life, A Symbol' and 'Southern History across the Color Line'. This book, 'Creating Black Americans: African American History and Its Meanings, 1619 to the Present', is a broad, ...

Egon Schiele: Drawings and Watercolors

10 reviews
Jane Kallir

Thames & Hudson, 2003

Egon Shiele: the book to own if you only want one
Jane Kallir (also the author of Egon Schiele's 'catalogue raisonne' -- usually a HUGE expensive book which includes a picture of every known available representation of an artist's work) says 'Since completing the catalogue raisonne, I have always yearned to combine the story of Schiele's life and his artistic development into a single book'. And wow, what a beautiful job she has done. This ...

Cezanne A&I (Art and Ideas)
Mary Tomkins Lewis

Phaidon Press, 2001

Mark Rothko

17 reviews

Skira, 2008

a beautiful exhibition
This is the catalogue for a beautiful exhibition that was held at the Beyeler Foundation. Many of the works reproduced are hidden in private collections (e.g. a huge 1958 canvas in black, white and red) and it is great to be able to admire them. Nothing replaces the live experience of being engulfed in a Rothko, standing a short distance from the canvas itself, but this book is undoubtedly a ...

Willem De Kooning: Paintings 1960-1980

3 reviews
Ralph Ubl, Klaus Kertess, ...

Hatje Cantz Publishers, 2005

de Kooning paintings 1960-1980
Book is in English and German.Good photographs with some works I had not seen before.Also a couple pictures of de Koonings studio inside and out.Includes an interview by Harold Rosenberg.Loved it, of course I am De Koonings biggest fan!

Alphonse Mucha: The Spirit of Art Nouveau

18 reviews
Victor Arwas, Jana Brabcova-Orlikova, ...

Yale University Press, 1998

Excellently
The detailed comments written with feeling. Illustrations reflect all stages of creativity The book, worthy any collection

Andrew Wyeth: Memory & Magic

13 reviews

Rizzoli, 2005

Wyeth Review
The book was well written, interesting, and informative. Color plates depicting Wyeth's paintings were bright and clear. The book arrived timely and in excellent condition. Well satisfied.

The Cold War: An International History (The Making of the Contemporary World)
David Painter

Routledge, 1999

Most scholarly studies devoted to examining the entire Cold War period focus almost exclusively on Soviet-American relations, thus neglecting other important aspects of the war. In addition to the global contest between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, the history of the Cold War involves a wide range of issues relating to geopolitics, political economy (both international and domestic), and political development in all parts of the world. This ...

Jenny Saville

15 reviews
Gagosian Gallery

Rizzoli, 2005

She stunned the pros
I pre-ordered this book and when it arrived, I was not disappointed. I pored over it for a few days before bringing it to the studio to show the artists who work in my studio. They were equally excited by this collection, but then what do we know? We just make our total livings at making artwork. It is our day job! Sorry that I can't look into my crystal ball to see what she'll be like at age ...

Thomas Kinkade: Paintings of Radiant Light

7 reviews
Thomas Kinkade, Philippa Reed

Abbeville Press, 1995

His paintings are awesome!
I recently received this book in my home and was just totally mesmerized by the beautiful artwork; I couldn't put the book down. You could not possibly pick a favorite amongst his works; I just love them all. To me personally, his works make me appreciate God's beauty all around us, gives me a calming feeling when I am hit by hard times which I am personally going through now, and I could ...

Kirchner and the Berlin Street
Deborah Wye, Ernst Kirchner

The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2008

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner's remarkable series of paintings known as the Berlin Street Scenes is a highpoint of the artist's work and a milestone of German Expressionism. Kirchner moved from Dresden to Berlin in 1911, and it was there, immersed in the vitality of a teeming city and under the looming shadow of imminent world war, that he created the Street Scenes in a burst of creative energy and ambition. Berlin was at this time undergoing rapid ...

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