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By wiredweird "wiredweird" (Earth, or somewhere nearby) - See all my reviews (HALL OF FAME REVIEWER) (TOP 500 REVIEWER)
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This review is from: Alphonse Mucha: The Master of Art Nouveau (Hardcover)
-- his son, Jiri. This isn't really a full biography, but a precis of his career. Notes by additional authors, Aaron Scharf and Marina Henderson, fill in facts about Paris in the 1890s and early 20th century, about his use of photographic references, and about an important series of partiotic paintings.
Mucha was a wonderful and influential artist, and practically claimed the Art Noveau movement as his own creation. That claim, of course, is overblown, but excessive claims take nothing away from the real value of his graceful, idealized figures. This book is expecially interesting for its recovery of some of the photographic references and sketches, preparatory to his finished works. This book is an artifact of its time (1974), however. The color reproductions may have aged, and printing processes have certainly improved since this was printed. Even the B&W picures (about 120 of the 160 here) lack sharpness, in many cases. Even so, the artwork is enjoyable, the hero-worship is fun, and the text supports the illustration fairly well. It's certainly not a catalog of Mucha's vast ouvre, but sure to be of interest to anyone who enjoys Mucha's work, Art Nouveau, or the intellectual ferment of that time and place. //wiredweird, reviewing the second edition
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