Brancusi (Great Modern Masters) [Hardcover]

Jose Maria Faerna (Author)

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

YA--Each of these volumes is arranged into three sections. First, the artist is introduced in the context of his time. The second part is a biographical sketch, accompanied by photographs of the artist. The third section consists of excellently reproduced, full-color photographs of the artist's work, with descriptive text and an overview of his career. Some of the works are not often seen, and are a feast for the eye. The clear grouping of information and the handsome layout, page design, and typography make these books appealing and accessible, even though they have no indexes. The texts are presented in a straightforward manner that is easy to understand. Suitable for research as well as for recreational reading.

Turid Teague, Fairfax County Public Library,

Copyright 1998 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

Language Notes

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: French

Product Details

• Hardcover: 64 pages
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams / Cameo; 1st edition (September 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0810946939
• ISBN-13: 978-0810946934
• Product Dimensions: 12.4 x 9.8 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,950,309 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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25 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not much meat to this book., January 6, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Brancusi (Great Modern Masters) (Hardcover)

I was looking forward to receiving this book but was disappointed. It did not provide any more than a few visual cues on the artist's best known pieces. I had hoped for notes on his start, inspirations, and other less known pieces of artwork.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars not much more than a train reading, January 19, 2003

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fCh "fCh" (GMT-5, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Brancusi (Great Modern Masters) (Hardcover)

this a very modest summary on brancusi's works. it's rather superficial and at times it's wasted on tangents of little value--such as the reference to brancusi's sexuality.

i gave it 2 stars mostly for the photo reproductions.

4.0 out of 5 stars Colors a bit off, but not affecting the sculpture, July 12, 2009

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Eugene Tenenbaum "reluctant reader" (Bronx, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Brancusi (Great Modern Masters) (Hardcover)

As in all titles in the Great Modern Masters series published by Abrams: Colors are not vibrant, often with a brownish tint or/and too dark, and their accuracy is just O.K., but not affecting sculpture. There are 64 pages of a good size 9.5x12 inches (24x30.5 cm). It begins with an introduction with 5-6 small b&w pictures on 2 pages, which is followed by a biography with 5-6 small b&w pictures on 2 next pages. The rest is dedicated to good size over 60 full color plates divided into chapters dedicated to artist's carrier periods, style directions, or themes, each described by 12-16 lines of text. The series is inferior to the same size paperback series published by Taschen in 1990s, but superior to Taschen's series of smaller sizes published latter. Unfortunately, the Taschen series does not cover Bacon, Botero, Brancusi, Braque, Calder, de Chirico, Johns, Kokoschka, Leger, Man Ray, Malevich, Modigliani, and Rouault this series does.