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5.0 out of 5 stars
Amazing compilation, March 18, 2011
This review is from: Myths: Tales of the Greek and Roman Gods (Hardcover)
This book contains nearly every info on nearly every Greek and Roman in existence as well as very high quality photos of the priceless art they're depicted in. While the book is very thick, the size of the paper is about 5x7. While some may not like this (as one reviewer doesn't) since it's hard to do justice to the beautiful art, I think the size makes the book more charming and more portable. I hate giant coffee-table books that you feel like a child reading anywhere away from the couch. Also, you can still get a very good sense of all the details of the artwork. Sometimes art takes up the whole page but I think it's a worthy trade off. It's very understandable with the size they made the book as well because it would've been MUCH more expensive if the book were larger. At roughly 750 pages, with very high detailed art on glossy pages, this book is a steal. My only complaint is that I wish the book had more info and narrative on the myths each figure is portrayed in. The book doesn't go much in depth of the myths themselves. However, it still covers more than the basics and is a perfect book for anyone interested in learning Greek myth, and even for the Classics enthusiast since it's also a vast compilation of sculpture and Renaissance art of every figure in Greek and Roman myth.
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
gorgeous pictures, awful book format, February 5, 2011
This review is from: Myths: Tales of the Greek and Roman Gods (Hardcover)
The pictures are gorgeous; I find a kind of short the text. Sometimes I think I'm watching a picture book with footnotes. I'd like to see more narrative.
But what really needs to be fixed is the format (book size); It does not make justice to the pictures which are often split in two pages.
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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Publisher missed a great opportunity for a spectacular book, August 9, 2011
This review is from: Myths: Tales of the Greek and Roman Gods (Hardcover)
I have very mixed feelings about this book. It's very seductive with its nearly 800 pages filled with reproductions of superb art illustrating so many myths and mythological figures. Every time you turn a page, there is a fantastic full-color illustration. And the book is printed on the highest quality glossy paper.
This book is like an exciting kaleidoscope of mythology. It imprints those myths in your memory through the beautiful images. I recommend this book for those reasons.
But it is also hugely annoying to me that the book is so small (the size of pages is only 4.5 inches by 6 inches). Who on earth would be so stingy and mindless to publish a gorgeous book like this in a "toy" format? This book needs to be re-published in normal size -- not a coffee table book size necessarily, but something like 8 x 10 inches at least. Or make it even a coffee table book; it's worth it. I'd rather pay twice as much, or more, but have a book that I and my family can truly cherish and revisit over the years.
I will gladly buy another copy of this book if they republish it in bigger size.
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