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Title: Impressionist Quartet: The Intimate Genius of Manet and Morisot, Degas and Cassatt
ISBN: 0151010765
Author:
Jeffrey Meyers
Publicate Date: 2005-05-16
Publish: 2005-05-16
List Price: $26.00
Average Customer Rating: 4.0
Format: Hardcover
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1: Intimate Quartet
For you artist biography lovers:
Here's a delicious treat !
Four fascinating painters described with exceptional insight & humour
A cumbersome, intellectual analysis ; This is NOT
A flavorful sketching of complex personalities & their creative process ; This Is.
Also this gifted author provides a history lesson , that of the I9th century / Entertaining & not "castor oil"
Reading this small but juicy bio
Helped me appreciate these painters much more/ what better compliment is that ?
& for the used price / You can't lose !!
Get this and fall in love with painting again..
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2: spurring each other to greatness
Who hasn't been hypnotized by this Impressionist Quartet's paintings? This book will open the doors to their intertwining lives and to their art. It describes the individual character of each artist and their personal triumphs and failures. Jeffrey Meyers has again done an interesting and fulfilling biography of these four artists.
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3: Frustrating Read
Think carefully before buying this book. You won't finish it. The author spends most of his time describing (but not really analyzing) numerous works of art which are not illustrated in the book. At first, I tried to look up each image online, but with the number of paintings he writes about, it quickly became impossible. It is pointless (not to mention boring) to read the descriptions without being able to see the works themeselves. A very small number of paintings are illustrated in the book, but even they are in black and white. The biographical portions of the text are interesting, but the book is perhaps 1/3 biography, 2/3 description, which makes it impossible to get through.
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4: Impressionist Delight-ful Reading
If you love their art and you would like to learn about their personal friendships, this is the book to have. Highly recommend it.
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