Second Slice (The Art of Olivia, Vol. 2) [Hardcover]

Olivia De Berardinis (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 3, 1997

The sequel to Olivia De Berardinis' first book Let Them Eat Cheesecake, this mongraph contains all-new art created, primarily, in the 4 years since Olivia's cheesecake book was published. Printed in a unique format, part portrait/vertical and part landscape/horizontal, this book has 2 front covers (and no back cover). Not a gimmick, this new twist allows the horizontal art to be shown to maximum effect.

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About the Author

Olivia De Berardinis was born in California in 1948 but spent most of her childhood on the East Coast. Her father, Sante De Berardinis, was a freelance aeronautical engineer, and his work kept Olivia's family constantly on the move. Being the only child, Olivia lived in an adult world where she spent much of her time drawing. Olivia's playful, flirtatious mother, Connie, served as her favorite model and muse. In 1967 she attended the New York School of Visual Arts. Over the next few years she took odd jobs to pay the rent but continued to paint and began to show her work, primarily minimalist oils on canvas. By 1974 financial pressures induced Olivia to seek out commercial art work, and so she returned to the skills she had gained as a child, painting beautiful women for periodicals and paperback publishers. In a short time Olivia secured regular work painting erotic fantasies for men's magazines. In 1975 Olivia met Joel Beren and they were married four years later. Living on Manhattan's Upper West Side they developed a small publishing business, O Cards, primarily printing Olivia's work as greeting cards. They created another company, Ozone Productions, Ltd. to license Olivia's artwork. In 1984 Olivia met Robert and Tamara Bane and signed her first fine art publishing agreement with Robert Bane Publishing. Over 200 limited editions have since been published. In 1987 the Tamara Bane Gallery in Los Angeles opened its doors with a gala one-woman show of Olivia's artwork. Later that year Olivia and Joel moved to Los Angeles where they reside today. Olivia has had shows throughout the United States and Japan and her work is collected by fans worldwide. Robert Bane Editions remains the exclusive publisher and representative of all of Olivia's original paintings, drawings, studies, gouaches, signed and numbered limited editions, and posters, while eOlivia is the online outlet for books, catalogs, greeting cards, postcards, and collectibles featuring Olivia's art.  

Product Details

• Hardcover: 124 pages
• Publisher: Ozone Productions; First Edition edition (November 3, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0929643070
• ISBN-13: 978-0929643076
• Product Dimensions: 12.3 x 9.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #698,749 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A "must-have" art book., May 14, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Second Slice (The Art of Olivia, Vol. 2) (Hardcover)

Originally influenced by Vargas and other "girlie" illustrators, Olivia surpasses them. She works in a number of different styles, and is more than happy to explain her techniques. What I enjoy the most about SECOND SLICE is when she talks about her models and how they inspire her. I was fortunate in meeting the artist briefly at a show in Los Angeles where she appeared with uber-Amazon Julie Strain; in person, Olivia is intense and beautiful. I would love to see a self-portrait. Buy this book and treat it well as the production quality is excellent.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The second so good, you'll crave a third, September 1, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Second Slice (The Art of Olivia, Vol. 2) (Hardcover)

Olivia defintely proves her superior eye for the female form in this edition. In fact, I dare say she is the best artist in my generation for capturing the inoccent yet eroticaism of the female form. You will definitely be left wanting another slice of this pie.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Thrilling To My Virgin Eyes, February 25, 2001

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Elyse T. "SunburntpixY" (Champaign, IL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Second Slice (The Art of Olivia, Vol. 2) (Hardcover)

How do I say this... I'm 16 years old and I've always been a little bit of a weirdo to say the least. This in addition to the fact that I'm female. So my age and sex has a small bit to do with me ranking this book a 4 and not a 5. I find the pictures inside thisbook absolutely beautiful but i wish there were more fantasy and unrealistic pictures in there instead of the book being helf filled with everyday naked women, only half of the women are fantatical the rest are just women exposing themselves. But I was quite glad that it wasnt all raunchy or anything. However being a highschool student myself I would not recomend buying this for anyone under 18, hehe, unless of coarse they are mature e n ough to handle the adult content that can only be admired by those people that have the upmost respect for fantasy and art alike. All in all a good book, beautiful art, just too many ordinary women.