- Unknown Binding: 376 pages
- Publisher: Thames & H (1959)
- Language English
- ASIN: B001OMW3JE
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Artists & Art Students Will Love It.
2 Dec 1998
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
I love the "World of Art" series. It is definitely published with the artist and art student in mind. You get a lot of art at an affordable price. Most art books in this price range are thin volumes of washed-out color and dismal black and white, with a sprinkling of superficial text. Their subject is usually limited to the handful of artists that are wildly popular with the public, such as the impressionists. Not this series!
"A Concise History of Modern Painting" is especially well-packed, with 500 illustrations, 118 of them in excellent color. Pages are semi-slick so the art reproduces well. The plates are very well planned. Thumbing through the book, you get the feeling of color, color, color! Black-and-white plates are reserved for drawings (graphite, ink, charcoal), prints, and a few sculptures. All of these are well-suited to reproduction in black and white (although there is also a 43-page appendix, "a pictorial survey of modern painting", featuring 6-8 black-and-white illustrations per page). "A Concise History of Modern Painting" discusses artists who work within styles the author describes as specifically modern (as distinguished from earlier periods). It focuses on ideas, works and movements. All illustrations are chosen within that context. (Realistic artists are not represented.)
The book includes text references, a bibliography, a list of works reproduced, and an index. It's a 6"x8" paperback edition, about an inch thick--a good size for packing. The binding is glued, not sewn, but it seems durable, and I think it will last. I carry mine on trips, though I haven't had it long enough to see how well it wears. I discovered the "World of Art" series while travelling and bought several titles. They're the best art books at this price I've ever found.
"A Concise History of Modern Painting" is especially well-packed, with 500 illustrations, 118 of them in excellent color. Pages are semi-slick so the art reproduces well. The plates are very well planned. Thumbing through the book, you get the feeling of color, color, color! Black-and-white plates are reserved for drawings (graphite, ink, charcoal), prints, and a few sculptures. All of these are well-suited to reproduction in black and white (although there is also a 43-page appendix, "a pictorial survey of modern painting", featuring 6-8 black-and-white illustrations per page). "A Concise History of Modern Painting" discusses artists who work within styles the author describes as specifically modern (as distinguished from earlier periods). It focuses on ideas, works and movements. All illustrations are chosen within that context. (Realistic artists are not represented.)
The book includes text references, a bibliography, a list of works reproduced, and an index. It's a 6"x8" paperback edition, about an inch thick--a good size for packing. The binding is glued, not sewn, but it seems durable, and I think it will last. I carry mine on trips, though I haven't had it long enough to see how well it wears. I discovered the "World of Art" series while travelling and bought several titles. They're the best art books at this price I've ever found.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Disaster
2 Nov 2011
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
We were assigned this book for a contemporary art history class. From the very first page there are typos, a missing chapter 8 (the last chapter), poor quality images and misspellings which could change the course of art history (ok, at least our grades) Just incredibly annoyed to have spent the money on this 'new' version while the students who have 20 year old copies are in far better shape than those of us who purchased this one. In all, the information in it is untrustworthy as its a transcribed (poorly) version of a classic art history book. This version from kessinger library reprints is inferior to other copies i have seen.
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A master
15 Aug 2010
Format:Hardcover
Herbert Read produced a remarkable volume , which enables the artist, the student , or the neophyte to understand the articulation and crossroads of modern painting , trough the motions of Modern Art. Well llustrated , but essentially , well thoufght out , this is a perfect primer if one wonders how we went from Cezanne to Jasper Johns.
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