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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent colour plates; lousy choice of typeface.
Cranach was an extraordinary painter whose work deserves a beautiful book. This would be that book, if it hadn't been set in a horrible type which makes it very difficult to read. The flowery style of Mr. Stepanov seems to have been somewhat clumsily translated, with some long-winded phrasing. The plates are absolutely beautiful, which makes the book a bargain. I feel...
Published on September 2, 1999 by Michael Pearce
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Beautiful plates, bad translation
Reading this book is really a chore. The phrasing is disjointed and flies off on fanciful tangents and metaphors that sound awkward and serve only to confuse the reader. I attribute this to the translation, though some of the original scholarship may be faulty. The real reason for owning this book (and I bought it with full knowledge of its flaws) is its fabulously...
Published on February 17, 1999 by as848@bard.edu
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Beautiful plates, bad translation,
By as848@bard.edu (Annandale, NY) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Lucas Cranach: The Elder (Great Painters) (Hardcover)
Reading this book is really a chore. The phrasing is disjointed and flies off on fanciful tangents and metaphors that sound awkward and serve only to confuse the reader. I attribute this to the translation, though some of the original scholarship may be faulty. The real reason for owning this book (and I bought it with full knowledge of its flaws) is its fabulously beautiful color plates. They are stunning, almost all full-page-- the best Cranach plates that I have seen anywhere. There are some interesting outlines comparing the development of Cranach's work with the development of Western Art in general in the back as well. Some of the opinions are interesting, though not ground-breakingly so, if you can manage to wade through the excessive language.
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent colour plates; lousy choice of typeface.,
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This review is from: Lucas Cranach: The Elder (Great Painters) (Hardcover)
Cranach was an extraordinary painter whose work deserves a beautiful book. This would be that book, if it hadn't been set in a horrible type which makes it very difficult to read. The flowery style of Mr. Stepanov seems to have been somewhat clumsily translated, with some long-winded phrasing. The plates are absolutely beautiful, which makes the book a bargain. I feel thoroughly satisfied, even with these small complaints.
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Lucas Cranach: The Elder (Great Painters) by Alexander Stepanov (Hardcover - October 1, 1997)
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