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Dante Gabriel Rossetti

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This is a 200+ page oversize (11 x 13) book with dozens of full length color illustrations covering Rossetti's long career. Faxon organizes his works chronologically and provides lots of text covering the period, Rossetti's style, and the meaning inherent in many of his works. There are ample sketches and closeups. For a Rossetti fan, this book is a real treat.

This Book is the Same Book as the one listed as "not yet released." My copy has the following ISBN: 0-89659-928-0 and it is the same large-format Abbeville / Cross River Press 1989 First Edition that seems to match this review. Amazon would not let me access the product page for the matching ISBN because they said it was not yet released.

This is an unbelievably gorgeous book. I hope the "new" 2009 version is not some cheap-o foreign reprint. I bought this book as a treat for myself at Christmas one year, and most of the time it has sat on the shelf with the rest of my art books.

Like many people, I love the way DGR portrayed women, their hair especially, but also the draped clothing, and the colors, and the eyes. This book is full of illustrations, some familiar, many not, as well as a very accessible text about his life and influences. There are also sketches. I didn't read it all because I'm not an art student, but I was very pleasantly surprised to find what I did read to be so, well, readable! I was thinking to sell my copy, but perhaps I will keep it and hope to read more of the text.

It would be neat to find a book like this that showcased the work of half a dozen such romantic artists.

Highly recommended.

The review for this book is wrong. I just ordered it from amazon and the pics looks like
small photocopies (the cover of the book has a clock). The other reviews for this item
are for a different book.