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| Magritte: Colour Library (Phaidon Colour Library) | 
 enlarge | Author: Richard Calvocoressi
Publisher: Phaidon Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (1 reviews)
Sales Rank: 544408
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 128
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 11.9 x 8.8 x 0.1
ISBN: 0714827606
Dewey Decimal Number: 709
EAN: 9780714827605
ASIN: 0714827606
Publication Date: August 12, 1998
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Product Description
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 August 25, 2004
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
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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