Customer Review: The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston has the largest number of works by Claude Monet outside of Paris. This book contains some of his famous water lily paintings and a few lesser-known works that are equally as beautiful. Within this calendar's pages you will also find art by Odilon Redon, Pierre Auguste... more info
Customer Review: By tracing the careers of two French artists in the 1860s, King manages to illuminate the motivating forces behind, and the sources beneath, transition at a crucial point in the evolution of art in the West. Almost every page is filled with information and analysis that fascinates the reader. Yet... more info
Customer Review: This book was a great find, I've been a Van Gogh Fan all my life, but I was a little dissapointed with the book's published about him,but this one is a real exception: jam packed with info and well illustrated with all his paintings and the price is a real bargain¡¡
Customer Review: I found this to be an excellently researched book covering the lives of the artists known as Impressionists. It went chronologically, with stories of their work, their families, and what was going on in the world around them that affected their ability to make a living at their art. It wasn't boring... more info
Customer Review: I read this book and used it for an Art lesson. Venezia took a mature subject and made it easy to introduce to children. It is a great teacher-source for incorporating Art across your curriculum.
Customer Review: I agree with everything that reviewer Margaret Williams said. Ms. Butler constantly says things like, "We know nothing about Madame Monet's feelings at this point, but surely she must have felt..." or "one can imagine that she felt..." I think that this started out as an admirable project, but that... more info
Customer Review: I loved the fact that there is a children's book out there that contained all of my favorite works by Van Gogh, with text to support it, which can be read by my 7 year old. I don't know, perhaps I'm overprotective, but I didn't think one of the cartoons, showing a stick figure of "Mr. Van Gogh" in a... more info
