Customer Reviews

Matisse

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This is a wonderful book. The color seems very accurate. There are many artbooks with inaccurate color reproduced. I compared several photos in this book with the real Matisse's paintings, the color is all accurate.

Pretty good book. I used it for an essay at school and it provided some valuable information and was my primary source. I thought it was a little quote heavy, as half the book is quotes from Matisse or art critics. Some are valuable, but others are just useless fluff. For example, in the begining there is a page long paragraph devoted to why everyone called Matisse a "doctor" and a hedonist or something. It bears no significance to what Matisse did.

I also wish that the book would have talked more extensively about his impact and effects on art. The book says some but the information isn't really centralized and its sort of here and there throughout the book. I wish there would have been a couple pages at the end or something about it.

Otherwise there is a lot of pictures and they're all real good quality. Also had pretty good analysis of some of his paintings, like their meanings and compositional elements that make it great etc... It also covers his entire life, before Fauvism to paper collages. I recommend it.

Wonderful numerous color plates. It is the perfect introduction to Matisse as well as a good contribution to a more advanced library. The text is not overwhelming or too technical for the average art buff, but it also contains good material for an art student or more serious collector. Good value for the money and well-done publication. I especially like the inclusion of many drawings and the large size of many plates.

I am a painter and I purchased this book because I wanted good images.
It is a very good book, not only for the quality and quantity of images, but for the accompanying text as well.
I am very happy with this purchase.