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: This book is a must for those people who need to find out more about what made Vincent tick. Well researched and written. A consuming read.
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: "Daphnis and Chloe" is one of the best known early Greek romances, precursors to the modern novel. Admired by Goethe, it has been reinterpreted in music and art by Ravel and Chagall.
Written by Longus in the second century A.D, it is a classical romance involving the adventures of two... 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
Customer Review: Seurat's,'La Grande Jatte' spelled the limits of petti-borgeoise modernity. For the previous 20 years, the Impressionists, led by the incomparably gifted, Manet, had attempted to make images describing this class, their appearance & behaviour. However,the Impressionists were bourgeoise &... more info
Customer Review: I taught college level painting and art history courses for ten years. This is one of the most memorable books I used as source material. Usually a treatment of Impressionism will write of it as a movement in response to the paintings of the Academy; an inquiry into the play of light and... more info
Customer Review: A friend that I take art classes with recommended this book. I've really enjoyed it. It's a collection of stories that show how deeply art can affect average people in their daily life. The main quote of the book explains well the message of these stories: "The real question is: To whom does... more info
Customer Review: An enchantingly delightful little book. The story is fun, and the illustrations are exceedinly well done. I bought the book for myself, but it would be an excellent means of exposing children to some of the world's finest masterpieces and the great masters that painted them!
Customer Review: Here's another great aid for understanding the life and works of one of most ignored genius. Great story on great painter. Plentiful of color reproductions, abundant in information, great source for studying tormented painter. Worth every minute spent on reading. By the way - was he alcoholic? Nenad... more info