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Title: Parmigianino
ISBN: 0300108273
Author:
David Ekserdjian
Publicate Date: 2006-12-04
Publish: 2006-12-04
List Price: $80.00
Average Customer Rating: 3.0
Format: Hardcover
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1: parmigianino
Probably the only book on Parmigianino in print and unlikely to be another.Beautiful color photos, lots of his studies and drawings for the finished paintings. You can follow his thought processes.
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2: Major Disappointment
This book is sure to disappoint the purchaser--even Parmigianino fans. The book's illustrations are a disappointment. First, it contains few close-up illustrations of Parmigianino's paintings' details. Close up illustrations would shed light on technical aspects of the master's works. The major works are represented, but one would expect a book this large from the Yale University Press to contain more in the way of illustrations. Second, the book skimps on illustrations of paintings by Parmigianino's contemporaries, successors and predecessors. To understand the painter's genius, one must view his paintings in context. Third, the plates themselves are of moderate quality.
While Ekserdjian's text provides insights into Parmigianino's work, it fails to convey the importance of his stylistic innovation or his creative genius.
Alas, the authoritative Parmigianino text has yet to be written.
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3: Disappointing
This book rounded out a spate of very poor internet purchases; I had only ever seen the Madonna with the Long Neck prior to this book, and quite looked forward to seeing more of Parmigianino's work. Part of the problem is with the work itself, which I thought was decidedly mediocre, with some unbelievably poor portraits of such off-hand execution as to make one wonder how any patron would have paid for them. However, the images are also slightly off-focus, and the book overall has a dark, depressing visual feel to it. Don't buy it unless you have actually flipped through a copy (and love Parmigianino - I certainly don't think he deserves the "one of the greatest genius's of the Renaissance" moniker)
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