John Russell (1)Recensioni

Dust jacket

just not very interesting

learned many things about matisse. he was great at growing old---can't do this, do something else.

Having lived in the metropolis for a half century, Mr. Russell has collected a great many useful observations and facts. Since he was an art critic, I'm sure the Illustrations, which I found enchanting, are all apposite. One must handle the trade paperback format carefully, though!

This may prove to be a wonderful volume for armchair travel. It looks to have photography, illustrations and art work on each page.

exhibition of Anglo-American pop art, sponsored by the Arts Council of Great Britain, and held in July and August 1969 at the Hayward Gallery in London

לכאורה סתם ספר תמונות מרהיב, אבל בין התמונות יש הרבה מה לקרוא. סיור של הרוח בפריז. כל בית, כל אבל מזכירים לרסל משהו חשוב/חכם/יפה ורצוי מן המאה ה-17 שחי שם. סובל קצת מחוסר מיקוד.

"De wereld van" reeks in de Time-Life bibliotheek der kunsten, brengt niet enkel het volledige werk en leven van de kunstenaar, maar ook een uitgebreide beschrijving van de wereld en de tijd waarin de kunstenaar leefde.
Een handige tijdslijn en een register maken deze boeken kompleet.

This is volumn 1 of in a series of 12, and sets out an argument for modern art's beginning in the late 1880s (rather than the second half of the 1860s, as some assert). Russell begins with a persuasive and eloquent explanation of what art means to us, why it is important and why it is important for us to understand the art of our time. Hence this series.

The artists considered in individual sections: Seurat, Cezanne, Gauguin, Van Gogh.

The illustration are plentiful and are of high quality, although limited in size, as the book is fairly small for an art book (10" x 10½ ").

This is a beautiful coffee table book, but also so much more than that! Those who love Paris will read it from cover to cover, as it really "captures" the city we love.

good read, nice photography and art

Exhibition catalog Toronto, Art gallery of Ontario