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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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Velazquez
Terrific small scale bio of the artist written so anyone can understand it. Gets really in depth as far as the artists life is concerned. Very useful tome on this artist like a text book.
Published on September 22, 2009 by Frank Bernarducci
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Just Too Small
I don't know if Taschen ever released this book in a larger format, but the copy I got is just too small to effectively deal with the paintings it reproduces. While it is understandable that the art director would have wanted to devote a full page to a detail of the early & prodigious masterpiece 'The Water Seller', it is fantastical that the full painting is then...
Published 21 days ago by Jeff Raymond
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: Diego Velazquez: 1599-1660; The Face of Spain (Basic Art) (Paperback)
Terrific small scale bio of the artist written so anyone can understand it. Gets really in depth as far as the artists life is concerned. Very useful tome on this artist like a text book.
2.0 out of 5 stars
Just Too Small,
Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?)
This review is from: Diego Velazquez: 1599-1660; The Face of Spain (Basic Art) (Paperback)
I don't know if Taschen ever released this book in a larger format, but the copy I got is just too small to effectively deal with the paintings it reproduces. While it is understandable that the art director would have wanted to devote a full page to a detail of the early & prodigious masterpiece 'The Water Seller', it is fantastical that the full painting is then reproduced the size of a large postage stamp. There are other books on this artist, try them instead.
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Velazquez (Basic Series) by Norbert Wolf (Paperback - August 1, 1999)
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