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Summary: Excellent Book from a Master Painter
Review: I've always loved the paintings of this artist on account of how well they were painted and of the subject matter. There is a tenderness to his paintings that I really enjoy, particularly the way he paints children and women. He painted everything classically in a realistic way which I always like in paintings. His works of the baby Jesus and the Virgin Mary have always been my favorite ones. I also always loved his cupids and nymph paintings. I have purchased so many greeting cards by him that I felt it was time to add a book of his artwork to my book collection. I was very pleased. This book is missing some of my favorite works by him but it's loaded with other familiar pieces that I have always loved as well as some of which I was unaware. I feel my art book collection is now complete thanks to this excellent and very beautiful book.
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Summary: Fine Art in Softbound
Review: Lovely book. The biographic text is an easy read and the selections of Bouguereau's work illustrated here depict a good portayal of the artist. A great value of a fine art book in softbound form.
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Summary: Fine Art in Softbound
Review: Lovely book. The biographic text is an easy read and the selections of Bouguereau's work illustrated here depict a good portayal of the artist. A great value of a fine art book in softbound form.
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Summary: Color reproductions are excellent
Review: This is a lankmark book about the greatest painter of all time. Whereas it is easy to do write a book on over-hyped painters (such as Cezanne or Picasso) simply by rehashing other books, Wissman has written the first complete book of a great painter we almost know nothing about (except now).This book contains large format pictures and an easy-to-read and informative biography. Highly recommended
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Summary: Art Book of the Century (and last two as well)
Review: This is a lankmark book about the greatest painter of all time. Whereas it is easy to do write a book on over-hyped painters (such as Cezanne or Picasso) simply by rehashing other books, Wissman has written the first complete book of a great painter we almost know nothing about (except now). This book contains large format pictures and an easy-to-read and informative biography. Highly recommended
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Summary: Best (and only) book-length Bouguereau in print
Review: Wissman did a great job providing a fair and balanced view of French painter Bouguereau's career. And it's a good thing too! Everything else related to the artist is either out of print or a flimsy postcard book. How could this be? Well, the unfortunate stereotype of Bougeureau buffs is that they "don't know much about art but know what they like." It may be that many editors assume that if you like Bougeureau's paintings, you aren't the type to read a serious art book. I like to believe this is wrong. I enjoy Bougureau's art very much and am glad that someone published a reasonable paperback history and criticism of the artist. I hope that one day, others write similarly good books about other "forgotten" 19th century artists.
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Summary: Color reproductions are excellent
Review: You wouldn't be ordering this book if you didn't already love Bouguereau, so rest assured that the reproductions are top notch, especially for a fairly inexpensive paperback.
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