16 full-color, accurately costumed paper dolls recapture the magnificent dress and regal bearing of Cleopatra, Nefertiti, Grace Kelly, and 13 other royal women. 16 additional costumes. Notes.
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: Great Empresses and Queens Paper Dolls in Full Color (Empresses & Queens) (Paperback)
Please take the above review from the woman who rated this for a child with a grain of salt. These paper dolls are not meant to be cut out and played with.They are beautiful historical treasures, especially helpful for me as a theatrical costume designer. As for the nudity. What she refers to is the doll of Cleopatra, who is not nude, she is wearing a historically accurate, sheer muslin gown with exposed breasts. When my 12 year old was studying Eqypt she used this picture as a guide for a portrait she had to do for an Eqyptian museum. It is a lovely lovely depiction and is not the least bit sordid.
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
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A royal portraitist in a past life?,
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This review is from: Great Empresses and Queens Paper Dolls in Full Color (Empresses & Queens) (Paperback)
Mr. Tierney's works have always been breathtaking, and thiscollection is no different. Each of these ladies is shown in apositive light of their native culture, and the loving attention to detail that the artist gives to each of them shows a great love and respect for his art and subjects. The little synopses of each lady's life leave you wanting to know even more. Tom Tierney is an artist with a capital A. If anyone has a daughter and wants to show her strong, influential role models, look no further than this collection.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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Great Empresses and Queens,
This review is from: Great Empresses and Queens Paper Dolls in Full Color (Empresses & Queens) (Paperback)
Tom Tierney has done a fantastic job in portraying the women selected, which isn't easy since there are no portraits left of some of them. I think the best likenesses were those of Liliuokalani and Princess Grace (somewhat different from "Grace Kelly Paper Dolls"), although Eleanor of Aquaitaine looks a bit like a store mannequin. The best costumes are those of Cleopatra, Marie Antoinette, Josephine and Princess Grace's wedding dress.
One of the reasons I didn't give this book 5 stars is that not all dolls are drawn in the same scale which is a little distracting when turning the pages (Elizabeth I is especially small). Another reason is the decision to portray a number of the women in profile, which gives them less character (the doll of Cleopatra being an exception). Finally, Maria Theresa of Austria was a glaring omission. If you want to introduce your child to history as it was, not dressed up to suit your own morality, buy this book. It might inspire them to study history in depth.
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