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| New York Sketchbook | 
 enlarge | Creator: Fabrice Moireau
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Category: Book
List Price: $30.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (2 reviews)
Sales Rank: 754758
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 96
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.1
Dimensions (in): 11.2 x 9.6 x 0.9
ISBN: 0312353693
Dewey Decimal Number: 917.471
EAN: 9780312353698
ASIN: 0312353693
Publication Date: November 29, 2005
Release Date: November 29, 2005
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Product Description
Venice is seen through the eyes of artist Fabrice Moireau, with sketches in watercolor and pencil. This resident of the world's most romantic city is the perfect guide to its streets, monuments, gardens and delightfully hidden corners.
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 Painting the town March 27, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
On a recent visit to NYC I looked round a couple of bookshops for a sort of visual reminder book of the trip. Plenty to choose from and nearly all were photo books which looked like they had raided a photo library for dozens of ordinary stock shots. Fortunately it didn't take too to decide that the New York Sketchbook was the obvious choice. Fabrice Moireau's excellent watercolors seemed to sum up the city and Jerome Charyn writes some pretty succinct captions to the illustrations.
What I liked about the book was the way its design made it look like a sketchbook. The landscape shape, thick matt paper, illustrations and the handwritten captions all contributed to the overall feel. Moireau's watercolors have just the right casual look though of course his style is very professional and competent.
A very enjoyable book and just what I was looking for.
***FOR AN INSIDE LOOK click 'customer images' under the cover.
 New York Sketches. November 10, 2006
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I purchased this book because I had seen other sketchbooks by Fabrice Moireau, and loved them. I was disappointed in this one,and I believe his others (Paris, Loire Valley, and Venice) are much better than this. Although the sketches are fine, the text is weak.
Jerome Charyn, the person who did the text, may be very knowledgeable about New York City, but I felt something was missing. The other sketchbooks that Fabrice Moireau illustrated, also included a gazetteer that would provide more detail; this one did not. I feel this was significant ommission.
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