Ceramics Books and Magazines

Author: Pierre Rosenberg
Publisher: Yale University Press
Category: Book

List Price: ~~$65.00~~
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Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars

4 reviews
Sales Rank: 242330

Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 360
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.7
Dimensions (in): 12.1 x 9.4 x 1.3

ISBN: 0300083483
Dewey Decimal Number: 759.4
EAN: 9780300083484

Publication Date: May 2000
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So beautiful! December 16, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

Bought this primarily for the color photos of Chardin's work. If you like traditional still life
paintings, you'll love this.

4 out of 5 stars

additional information to editorial above May 20, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

I just wanted to add this to the review above: the 1979 catalog can still be found quite easily, but it contains mostly black and white reproductions of the works. There are only 23 colour images of the more than 400 pages in the 1979 book. The 2000 catalog is almost entirely in colour... However, I cannot properly judge the quality of the reproductions in the latter, as I have not seen one of those amazing paintings in reality yet.

5 out of 5 stars

A very satisfying book January 29, 2001
19 out of 19 found this review helpful

I have to disagree with the above editorial. I compared the reproductions with others that I have, and although there are sometimes subtle differences they are not always to the disadvantage of this book. Some pictures are better than others, but the advantage here is that each reproduction is on a page by itself with commentary on an adjoining page-a catalogue layout that I always prefer in that it give the painting room to breathe and because I'm not reading on one page and finding the relevant painting six pages later. The book is obviously done by true lovers of the painter. Chardin is profound and a painter's painter. You can see and feel why he was adored by Cezanne, Soutine, Manet, Proust, and I'm sure many other significant artists. He has rightly been called a virtuoso of stillness. Even in reproduction, pieces of fruit, kitchenware and game animals are alive and quietly glowing from within with a warmth, compassion and a kind of subtle majesty-it's really deep in an indescribable way. In my opinion a very worthwhile purchase.

5 out of 5 stars

Beautiful! July 27, 2000
17 out of 19 found this review helpful

This book is simply gorgeous. I had been well acquainted with Chardin a number of years ago, and picked up this book on a whim at the store. Rediscovering this master was a true delight. His paintings are deceptively simple: behind the cool colors and the measured scenes lies a captivating energy. This particular volume is very well done. The reproductions are of superior quality and the accompanying essays by the world's most renowned Chardin expert are enjoyable and enlightening. Art books are expensive, but this is one that is well worth the investment.

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