Subjects:  1. Art    2. Artists, Architects, Photographers    3. Biography / Autobiography    4. Digital & Video    5. Exhibitions    6. Wegman, William    7. Individual artists    8. Photography / General   

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Fun, Fashion, and Photography:Putting on the Dog!
You can love this book for any one of three reasons: Wonderful photographic blend of comedy with fashion insights
William Wegman, famous for incorporating clothed dogs in his photos, herepresents a fashion statement to accompany a major traveling exhibition:anthromorphic fashion photos modeling some of the best designers' creations- with canines. The result blends comedy with fashion insights.

Gotta love this guy's work!
This book presents Wegman's most intriguing and provocative portfolio to date -- a series of eerily antrhopomorphic (and very funny), high-fashion photographs. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Fashion    2. Fashion photography    3. Individual Photographer    4. Individual Photographers And Their Work    5. Photo Essays    6. Photography    7. Photography of dogs    8. Subjects & Themes - Fashion    9. Wegman, William    10. Art / Fashion    11. Exhibition catalogues and specific collections    12. Fashion design    13. Individual photographers    14. Photographs: collections   

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Awesome
This is a fascinating book - about all three artists and also a study of artistic ability and creativity running through the family.I bought it years after enjoying the exhibition and have also given it to other art lovers.What the artists have to say about each other is interesting and the reproductions are beautiful.Don't miss this - it will only enhance your appreciation every time you encounter a Wyeth! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Art    2. Art & Art Instruction    3. Exhibitions    4. General    5. History - General    6. Individual Artist    7. Realism in art    8. United States    9. Wyeth family    10. Art / General    11. History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -    12. USA   

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marvelous.good gift for a cook.
I adore this little book, am getting copies to give to my cooking friends and have plans to frame some of the entries.Read more

Subjects:  1. Art    2. Cookery, American    3. Cooking / Wine    4. Food in art    5. General    6. Individual Artist    7. Popular Culture - General    8. Contributions in food    9. Gardens (descriptions, history etc)    10. General cookery    11. Illustration & commercial art    12. Warhol, Andy   

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Andrew Wyeth's achievement is unmatched by other modern American realist painters: he produced canvasses that became American icons, deepening our sense of the possibilities of representational painting in an abstract age. This biography, produced by family friend Richard Meryman, who first wrote about Wyeth for Read more

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Could not put this book down, thinking of reading it again now I've finished it...
I have recently been studying [privately - I am a painter, not a student] the work of Andrew Wyeth, and so was pleased when I came across this biography of his life. I found it a totally absorbing read, and read the whole [it is long] book cover to cover, which even Rothko's biography failed me on, and I am a great fan of his. Reading a negative review above - Andrew Wyeth is not a dirty old man, and please don't let that reviewer put you off. As an artist, struggling daily with the development of my craft, I found this book riveting. It explained a lot to me about myself [and I am neither old, dirty, nor a man!] and my life as an artist, and my partner's role in that life. The descriptions of Wyeth working, his methods, his relationships with his models [few of which were ever nude, or female], all people he knew, in depth, and loved, in depth. This is a warts and all biography, a thorough and fascinating read. So fascinating, that I feel sorry to have just finished the last page earlier today, and having to return my library copy of the book, I am visiting Amazon to purchase my own copy for my collection. Buy it, borrow it, beg it, read it, even an abstract painter will learn from reading this book. It is about an artist's relationship with his world.

Answers to My Questoins Found Here
In a museum about two hours driving from where I live, there was an "Andrew Wyeth Show" where many of his work were shown. I am writing this several days after I saw the show.
Andrew Wyeth is a dirty old man
After I read the other 5 reviews I wondered if we had read the same book! In this much too revealing biography, Andrew Wyeth comes across as a man with some very real problems. How so? How would you feel about a neighbor of yours in his 70s who would shed all his clothes and drive around naked on a motorcycle at night? How would you feel about the same man streaking with a niece through a boring party? How would you feel about a man who secretly painted a voluptuous blonde model in the nude for 15 years secretly and hid it from his wife? The list could go and on. What readers have to realize as I have is that tremendously gifted men and women can be brilliant at their gifts of genius and yet fall flat on their faces as decent human beings. There is no doubt that Andrew Wyeth is a genius. There are few who can capture the feeling of loneliness, country, the inner soul of his models with such sensitivity and yet can turn into a leering dirty old man, have a mouth that spews forth utter filth and his people skills are of the lowest caliber. Once some people went to see the artist to commission him to paint something for them and by the end of the visit decided against it because of the way he came across.Read more

Subjects:  1. 1917-    2. American painters    3. Artists, Architects, Photographers    4. Biography    5. Biography / Autobiography    6. Biography/Autobiography    7. Individual Artist    8. Individual Painters - Contemporary    9. Painters    10. United States    11. Wyeth, Andrew,    12. Biography: general    13. History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -    14. Individual artists    15. Painting & paintings    16. USA    17. Wyeth, Andrew   

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Superb reproductions of Vuillard's work.
I studied my daughter-in-law's book intently and found the beautiful reproductions highly stimulating. I had not realized what a superb colorist Vuillard was. Although distemper is too tedious for me to use, I am hopingI can utilize some of his delicious color effects in the pastel portraits Ipaint.Read more

Subjects:  1. Art    2. Art & Art Instruction    3. General    4. History - General    5. Art / General    6. History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900    7. History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -    8. Individual artists    9. Painting & paintings   

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A very Warhol Christmas
"Ho, Ho, Ho!", by Andy Warhol, is a delightful little book. It brings together a number of Warhol's works of visual art, done in various media, together with quotes from some of his writings. As the title indicates, the illustrations and text all have a Christmas theme.Read more

Subjects:  1. 1928-1987    2. 20th Century Art    3. Art    4. Art & Art Instruction    5. Christmas in art    6. Individual Artist    7. Special Subjects In Art    8. Techniques - Drawing    9. Themes, motives    10. Warhol, Andy,    11. Art / Individual Artist    12. The Arts: General Issues    13. Warhol, Andy   

Editorial Review

To a dog owner, each canine's personality is as uniquely defined as a human's. William Wegman knows this as well as or better than anyone. An artist best known for his photos of Weimaraner dogs, Wegman's work in the early '80s centered on his dog Man Ray. As Read more

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For anyone that loves their dog
The pictures are fantastic, but it is the story of Fay and her children that are really memorable. A touching account that will make you laugh and cry.

Good book
I love Wegman's childrens books and videos more, because they are SO GODDAMN FUNNY! But I was happy to see this book as well. Someone should make a movie of this. His narration in his movie THE HARDLY BOYS is reallyhysterical. the coolest part of Wegman is his humor.

BEAUTIFUL and TOUCHING
Being a weim owner I was given this book for christmas. I was aware of Mr Wegman's work both photo and video, as well as his contributions to Sesame Street(not a kid goes by after seeing my dog without saying, "lookmommie,a dress-up dog". This book not only illustrate Wegman'sartistry with a camera, but the close bonds only a dog owner would know. Ifyou own a dog, not just a weim, this is a must read. If your a tender soul,there are passages that will mist your eyes. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Art    2. Dogs - Breeds - Sporting Dogs    3. General    4. Individual Photographer    5. Individual Photographers And Their Work    6. Photography    7. Photography of dogs    8. Wegman, William    9. Art / General    10. Bargain   

Subjects:  1. Criticism and interpretation    2. Watteau, Antoine   

Subjects:  1. Individual Photographer    2. Individual Photographers And Their Work    3. Photo Essays    4. Photography    5. Biography: general    6. Individual artists    7. Photographs: collections   

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ANDY WARHOL PRINTS: A CATALOGUE RAISONNE' 1962-1987
UNLIKELY IMPORTANT IS THE POMP AND DUSTY RESOLVE FROM ONE REVIEWER.THIS IS WITHOUT EQUAL A HAND BOOK FOR THE SILKSCREEN PRINTER. A VIRTUAL BLUE PRINT OF COLOR AND COMPOSITION LAYERED IN COMPLEX RICHNESS .
Triumph of Quantity
All the prints, those published and unpublished by Warhol. A lot of color and the layout is good. There's a good essay (by Donna De Salvo) to introduce what Warhol's printmaking was about.
i love it..
its a really great display of andy warhol's work.. theres alot of unprinted art work in the book as well.. its great i really enjoyed it. when i picked it up at the book store i sat down and flipped through it, and i liked it so much i flipped though it two more times after that. i love warhol's work, and i've seen some great books but this one is by far the most amazing. if your a die hard andy warhol fan, i totally reccomend this book. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1928-    2. 1928-1987    3. Art    4. Art & Art Instruction    5. Catalogues raisonnes    6. Catalogues raisonnâes    7. Graphic Arts - General    8. History - Modern (Late 19th Century to 1945)    9. Individual Artist    10. Popular Culture - General    11. Warhol, Andy,    12. Catalogues raisonnés    13. Prints & printmaking    14. USA    15. Warhol, Andy   

Subjects:  1. Art    2. Art & Art Instruction    3. European    4. Art / History / General    5. Art / Painting    6. Europe    7. Painting & paintings    8. Post-Impressionism   

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Gorgeous Work in a Gorgeous Book
If this were a hardbound edition (it may exist?) it would sell for an expensive price. The color plates, index and footnotes are exquisitely designed and printed in this softbound catalog edition. Anecdotes are plentiful, critical examination controversial, but this catalog of Wyeth's work is beautifully presented and great fun to examine. The words of critics are always oddly out of place and hard to swallow and fortunately there aren't many critic's editorials contained here. It's the dozens and dozens of paintings that are in this book-exquisite! As many of A.W.'s pieces were of a comparatively large dimension-as far as water-based works go, the plates do not capture the spatial and color phenomena of these paintings, but this is as good as it gets-next to a visit to a museum to view them "live!" One would be hard-pressed to find this many unpublished, heretofore unexhibited Wyeth pieces under one roof! A very enjoyable publication!

A Happy Purchase
The staff of the Whitney Museum for a 1998 Wyeth exhibition compiled this beautifully printed and bound book.The stock is heavy and glossy and the colors sharp and clear.Many watercolors included have not been publicly seen for years, as many private collectors contributed their paintings for this exhibition.The dates of the compositions range from the early 30's through the late 90's. What the text says, or what you see?
When you view the work of an artist, who is to be the arbiter of what, inthis case the painting is about, what it means? Do you turn to theProfessional Art Critic, Art History Majors, you the viewer, or the man orwoman who created the work? In this case the Artist is well and painting,and his thoughts about his work are many and well documented.Read more

Subjects:  1. 1917-    2. Art    3. Art & Art Instruction    4. Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions - General    5. Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions - Museum    6. Exhibitions    7. History - American    8. Individual Artist    9. Landscape in art    10. Whitney Museum Of American Art - Exhibition Catalogs    11. Wyeth, Andrew,   

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A Terrific Read
Death and Disaster: The Rise of the Warhol Empire and the Race for Andy's MillionsRead more

Subjects:  1. 1928-    2. 1928-1987    3. Art (Economic Aspects)    4. Artists, American    5. Biography/Autobiography    6. Contemporary Art    7. Death and burial    8. Estate    9. Warhol, Andy    10. Warhol, Andy,    11. Art sales & auctioneering    12. Biography & Autobiography / General    13. Individual artists    14. Pop art   

Subjects:  1. 1928-    2. American - General    3. Art    4. Art & Art Instruction    5. Individual Artist    6. Individual Painters - 20th Century    7. Popular Culture - General    8. Warhol, Andy,    9. Art styles: c First World War to 1960    10. c 1945 to c 1960   

Subjects:  1. 1853-1890    2. Art    3. Art & Art Instruction    4. Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions - General    5. Drawing By Individual Artists    6. European    7. Exhibition Catalogs    8. Gogh, Vincent van,    9. History - Post-Impressionism    10. Individual Artist    11. Techniques - Drawing    12. Themes, motives    13. Art / Individual Artist   

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Better than the average but still not the definite book on Vermeer
It is a nice book but the quality of the reproductions is poor.

A 17th century artist who is perfect for our time
This book accompanied the legendary 1995-96 Vermeer show at the National Gallery in Washington D.C. that found itself caught up in the Gingrich - Clinton shutting-down-the-government imbroglio.Remember now?Vermeer has grown in popularity and in public awareness since this show.Recently, a totally fictitious movie was made around his paintings.It was named after the painting that became the focus of the movie, "The Girl With a Pearl Earring".It was a good story, but had nothing to do with the real people involved because we simply do not know.There are only a few dozen paintings by the artist still extant, but they all are wonderful and attract modern sensibilities because of their lines and perfect artificiality and their perfect reality.They present the exact kind of contradiction and puzzles we love nowadays, and because there are only a few dozen, the dilettante can study each of them in detail without becoming overwhelmed.
Lavishly illustrated with excellent reproductions
This paperback edition ISBN: 0894682199 (also as clothbound under ISBN: 0300065582) by Johannes Vermeer (Contributors: Ben Broos and Arthur K. Wheelock, Jr. with Albert Blankert and Jorgen Wadum; Editor: Arthur K. Wheelock, Jr.) is a lavishly illustrated catalog with excellent reproductions for the first exhibition devoted solely to the works of Johannes Vermeer--the 17th-century Dutch painter who explored the psychological nuances of human endeavor--opening at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., in November 1995 (Royal Cabinet of Paintings Mauritshuis, the Hague, in March 1996). 232 pp., 127 illustrations including 60 color plates, 12.0 x 9.5 x 0.75 inches. ISBN: 061350710X is an entirely different book for children not even close to this one. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1632-1675    2. Art    3. Art & Art Instruction    4. Artists, Architects, Photographers    5. Biography & Autobiography    6. Exhibitions    7. History - General    8. Individual Artist    9. National Gallery Of Art - Exhibition Catalogs    10. Vermeer, Johannes,    11. Art / History / General    12. Baroque art    13. Biography: general    14. Individual artists    15. Netherlands    16. Painting & paintings    17. Vermeer, Johannes   

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A Gigglefest of Freudian Fallacies
Pure, unintentional, Freudian-style hilarity! This book is what happens when modern psychology ignores modern neuropathy. I was laughing until tears streamed down my face when I read the passage that states that Vincent's early work, (i.e. the Potato Eaters) was his superego rebelling against his mother's "Dutch cleanliness" and her refusal to allow the infant Vincent to smear feces on the walls of his nursery which then affected his pallete choice as an adult.Brown, yep. OK, I'm about to start laughing again . . . (whew!) Once past the first chapter, really great book!
I really liked the perspective of looking at Van Gogh from a psychological view point. However, the first chapter is very dense with names of paintings and their deeper meaning. The author does much better in the subsequent chapters trying to discover Vincent the man. The Only Van Gogh Biography I Can Recommend
Many biographies and abbreviated collections of Vincent's volumnous and passionate letters to his brother Theo have been published in recent years. The only one that I can recommend though is "Stranger on the Earth : A Psychological Biography of Vincent Van Gogh" by Albert J. Lubin, which provides a fascinating insight into Vincent's life and work. The author examines Vincent's fragile personality with a sensible balance of clinical observation and human compassion. The title "stranger on earth" is an apt description of how Vincent apparently felt about his life. I read this book cover to cover in a few days (a page-turner) and came away with an appreciative sense of Van Gogh as a complex personality driven alternately by great passion and great depression. A tragic yet very human story. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1853-1890    2. Art    3. Artists    4. Artists, Architects, Photographers    5. Biography    6. Biography / Autobiography    7. Gogh, Vincent van,    8. Individual Artist    9. Netherlands    10. Psychology    11. Biography: general    12. Gogh, Vincent van    13. Impressionism    14. Individual artists    15. Post-Impressionism    16. Psychoanalysis & psychoanalytical theory   

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Fabulous Coffee Table book
This book is beautiful it uses both hand draw art and a compulation of quotes by the author ... i love to read it and look at the pictures ---whether you love warhol or angels this book is a definate yes to any collector ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1928-1987    2. Angels in art    3. Art & Art Instruction    4. Catalogs    5. General    6. Humor    7. Individual Artist    8. Quotations    9. Techniques - Drawing    10. Warhol, Andy,    11. Art / Individual Artist    12. Art styles: c 1960 -    13. Warhol, Andy   

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Of course it isn't as beautiful as in person, but what a great body of work in one place!
This is a very nice publication to have on your shelf.Van Gogh is an icon of Western culture and it is almost certain that you can call more than a few of his images to mind quite easily.What this provides is a greater context for those several images by providing what it calls "the complete paintings".I have no ability to say whether it is complete or not, but I can say that the vast number of paintings reproduced here provide a wonderful context and the images become more connected and make quite a bit more sense than they do in isolation.
A few comments on van Gogh's space
I used this book to research the fascinating problem of the perceptual and spatial distortions in van Gogh's paintings, for which it was very helpful, so I just wanted to make a few comments about that.
A VERY NICE SET...
All things considered, this is a very nice set: two volumes, in a nice box, printed in Italy, featuring virtually all Van Gogh's paintings in color.
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Subjects:  1. Art    2. Art & Art Instruction    3. General    4. History - Modern (Late 19th Century to 1945)    5. Individual Artist    6. Impressionism    7. Individual artists    8. Netherlands    9. Painting & paintings