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Product: Book
ISBN-10: 0-7148-2275-2
ISBN-13: 9780714822754
Publisher: Phaidon Press
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Year: April 19, 1984
Edition: Revised
Number of pages: 128
Binding: Paperback
ISBN-10: 0-7148-2275-2
ISBN-13: 9780714822754
Publisher: Phaidon Press
Country:
Year: April 19, 1984
Edition: Revised
Number of pages: 128
Binding: Paperback
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Richard Calvocoressi
Phaidon Press; 1998
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This series acts as an introduction to key artists and movements in art history. Each title contains 48 full-page colour plates, accompanied by extensive notes, and numerous comparative illustrations in colour or black and white, a concise introduction, select bibliography and detailed source information for the images. Monographs on individual artists also feature a brief chronology.
This series acts as an introduction to key artists and movements in art history. Each title contains 48 full-page colour plates, accompanied by extensive notes, and numerous comparative illustrations in colour or black and white, a concise introduction, select bibliography and detailed source information for the images. Monographs on individual artists also feature a brief chronology.
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Top Quality Reproductions, Good Value for Money 
If you are looking for a book offering lengthy and in-depth discussions about Magritte and his paintings, then this isn't the book for you. If, on the other hand, you are primarily interested in seeing good quality reproductions of a selection of his work, then this is an excellent choice. Although there is a decent several-page overview of Magritte at the start of the book, the main focus is the 48 full-page reproductions, each accompanied by a brief commentary. These commentaries do not offer much, but I personally am not really interested in someone else's interpretations of an artist's pictures, and Magritte himself said there was no 'required' interpretation for his paintings anyway. The book was a real 'grower' for me – some of the pictures that I didn't initially like I came to love over time – I feel they can have the power to speak to you very personally, and as a consequence this is a book I keep coming back to.
If you are looking for a book offering lengthy and in-depth discussions about Magritte and his paintings, then this isn't the book for you. If, on the other hand, you are primarily interested in seeing good quality reproductions of a selection of his work, then this is an excellent choice. Although there is a decent several-page overview of Magritte at the start of the book, the main focus is the 48 full-page reproductions, each accompanied by a brief commentary. These commentaries do not offer much, but I personally am not really interested in someone else's interpretations of an artist's pictures, and Magritte himself said there was no 'required' interpretation for his paintings anyway. The book was a real 'grower' for me – some of the pictures that I didn't initially like I came to love over time – I feel they can have the power to speak to you very personally, and as a consequence this is a book I keep coming back to.
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