Mondrian (Masters of Art) [Hardcover]

Hans L. C. Jaffe (Author), Piet Mondrian (Painter)

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• Hardcover: 128 pages
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams, Inc.; First Edition edition (March 15, 1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0810914131
• ISBN-13: 978-0810914131
• Product Dimensions: 12.3 x 9.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,574,291 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Resource, March 26, 2007

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This review is from: Piet Mondrian (The Library of great painters) (Hardcover)

This book is a showcase of Mondrian's development over his lifetime. In addition to large, full color prints, it also contains a large quantity of information about Mondrian's life from his boyhood until his death. I found it to be factual without being either dry or sensationalistic. The detail of the prints is gratifying. Highly recommended.

1 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the difference between art and housepainting, April 9, 2000

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This review is from: Mondrian (Masters of Art) (Hardcover)

I am fascinated by modern painting. There is an anecdote about the father of all modern painters, Picasso. When somebody asked him about his twoheaded ugly women, he answered that it is art, because he can se the world this way. This way too, because he could see it in the conventional way too. And he then did draw a very classical act. I think that this anecdote is fictional because you can't to draw classically to be a modern painter. This wonderful, insightful and easy to understand book explains what is modern and what is esthetic in Piet Mondrian's abstract squares of colors and what differentiates them from the similarly fanciful work of a house painter.