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| Synopsis: A list of 100 artists through the ages. Each artist gets a double page spread, a timeline, two images and a short narrative. Recently published in the UK |
| Summary review: This book is good introduction to great artists for a reasonable price. There is no definitive list of 100 great artists but this one is a good effort. It's also a good place to start for those wanting to learn more about the leading artists over time. Their importance is distilled down to a potted version - but it's a good book for getting a sense of who the artist was, when and where they created art, what their paintings look like and for some - why they were important. |
Highlights
- covers different periods in art history over eight centuries from Giotto in the 13th century to Hockney in the 21st.
- includes artists from a range of countries
- useful for a skim review of artists who played a significant role in the development of some aspect of art
- good quality publication - although not all reproductions first rate however.....
- ....this is NOT an expensive book (less than £10 from Amazon)
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Think Again?
- artists listed alphabetically rather than chronologically - latter might have been more helpful
- limited coverage of the twentieth century - probably limited by the publishers budget for images for modern and contemprary artists
- leans towards a European perspective of art (but does also include non Europeans eg Hopper, Hokusai and Hiroshige)
- a few odd choices of artists I've never heard of with a limited claim to the top 100 / does not explain the reasons behind all the choices
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Who should buy this?:
- new students of art history
- those wanting to learn more about leading artists across the ages
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Who should not buy this?
- of limited interest to those wanting specialised information about specific artists
- unlikely to impress those who know quite a bit about art history
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Author: Charlotte Gerlings
Publisher / Publication Date:
- UK - Arcturus Publishing (31 July 2009) Originally published 2006.
- USA - Published by Gramercy (February 7, 2006) Amazon link
Technical data: Paperback - 208 pages |
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