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| The Art Book | 
 enlarge | Author: Phaidon
Publisher: Phaidon Press Ltd
Category: Book
List Price: £6.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 3128
Media: Paperback
Edition: New edition
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 515
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 6.4 x 4.9 x 1.1
ISBN: 0714836257
Dewey Decimal Number: 709
EAN: 9780714836256
ASIN: 0714836257
Publication Date: April 30, 1997
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
Beats Harry Potter any day! Absolutely Mind expanding! February 24, 2002
19 out of 19 found this review helpful
In this book there are examples of every kind of art you can think of! It's majorly inspiring! If you ever thought you were not interested in any kind of art, I can assure you you'll find something you'll love. Just because its an art book doesn't mean to say you can put it down easily!
Art for people who love it and people who just like looking October 21, 2001
23 out of 24 found this review helpful
This is a well-informed book, thoroughly researched and beautifully laid out so one can leaf through it at random, letting one's eye linger over the many visual treats the book holds between its covers, or quickly flick through it in one go until a particular picture takes one's fancy. It mixes the well-known with the obscure, such as Roy Lichtenstein's In The Car (which has been an ad campaign favourite of companies on both sides of the Atlantic virtually since its 1963 creation) and Rene Magritte's Treachery Of Images (one of the artist's lesser-known but still very striking works). It is informative about each featured artist, giving a little biographical information, such as family background, when exactly in life the artist started painting, what their social circumstances were and how this affected their creative mindset, if at all. It is a very well-balanced book, giving equal space to the stars of the art world, such as Magritte and Da Vinci (it's a sign of the book's strength that Mona Lisa is just another highlight.) as it does to lesser-known artists, such as Lichtenstein. In each case, the painting, rather than the artist, is the star.
An incredible bargain October 20, 2000
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
Only a fiver for all this information! The pictures are glorious and some of them are a revelation. Don't believe the bit about "no information" either: each picture has an informative caption describing the work, the artist, and their importance. There is also a useful glossary that doubles up as a concise history of art.
Captivating April 13, 2000
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
This book is great for people who like art(or even if you don't). There is nearly every artist you can think of, it's very informative and the paintings are beautiful. You can spend ages just flicking through it and the pages smell good too! Definitely worth buying.
 Delightful January 9, 2000
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I first saw this book at a friend's house and enjoyed it so much that I felt I had to have my own copy.The paintings are arranged by artist rather than chronologically which made me look at the work of artists I might otherwise have considered not to my taste.The pictures are beautiful and the commentary interesting and informative.It's a lovely book to dip in to when one has a spare moment.My only criticsm is that the pictures in this version are sometimes too small to appreciate all the details.
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