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Title: Sister Wendy's Story of Painting (Enhanced and Expanded Edition) by Wendy Beckett, Patricia Wright, Sister Wendy Beckett ISBN: 0-7894-6805-0 Publisher: DK Publishing Pub. Date: 01 October, 2000 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.31 (13 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: This book is a must for all interested in european painting.
Comment: I first read this book when I was enrolled in an art history class in college. The text book we had for the class was informative, but many of the works we studied in detail were not pictured in the text. Sister Wendy covered each of those major works with great care. Her photos and close-ups were, almost work for work, the exact paintings and close-ups we had discussed in the class. I ended up reading more from Sister Wendy than from the text, because she gave wonderful synopses of key points, and included more photos. I would highly recommend this book for anyone who is curious about painting. It will improve your future museum visits just by flipping through the pages
Rating: 4
Summary: I just love Sister Wendy!
Comment: This book sells itself, of course, with the beautiful paintings from throughout history. But I have just a couple of problems with it: First, I question the choices of some of the art in the book. Or should I say not in the book. Of course, they couldn't put in every painting ever done, but I think there are some too-obviously missing pieces. Second, I miss Sister Wendy's warm humor. The material seemed clipped, as if the editor just crossed out everything funny, just to shorten the material. Well, not everything -- some of it managed to find its way in. On both of these counts, I must say I would rather have had two volumes and included more paintings and more of her commentary. This one is just not enough. But still, if you were brought up to admire fine art, as I was, you will LOVE sitting down with this book.
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Rating: 1
Summary: Should be Story of Jesus Painting
Comment: More than two thirds of the book is dedicated to paintings related with Christianity. And the real arts are either completely ignored or dealt carelessly. For example, The whole Van Gogh's paintings are described in mere four pages, while each of so may Christian related paintings by some obscure painters, is shown using four split pages. If your religion is Christianity and your objective is to investigate Christian paintings, this book should be fine. But for the rest of us who are not Christians, this book is not worth reading or looking at. There are so many other good art books out there without religious bias. This book is not about painting as described. It is about the Christianity religion disguised with "Painting".
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Title: Sister Wendy's 1000 Masterpieces by Wendy Beckett, Patricia Wright, Sister Wendy Beckett ISBN: 0789446030 Publisher: DK Publishing Pub. Date: September, 1999 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
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Title: Trial and Triumph: Stories from Church History by Richard M. Hannula ISBN: 1885767544 Publisher: Canon Pr Pub. Date: June, 1999 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Ancient World (World History Series) by Fiona Chandler ISBN: 0746027605 Publisher: Usborne Pub Ltd Pub. Date: December, 1999 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: Illustrated Book of Myths: Tales & Legends of the World by Neil Philip, Nilesh Mistry ISBN: 0789402025 Publisher: DK Publishing Pub. Date: September, 1995 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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Title: Story of Philosophy by Bryan Magee ISBN: 078947994X Publisher: DK Publishing Pub. Date: 01 July, 2001 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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