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Title: At Home with Art : How Art Lovers Live with and Care for Their Treasures by ESTELLE ELLIS, CHRISTOPHER SIMON SYKES, CAROLINE SEEBOHM ISBN: 0-517-70888-4 Publisher: Clarkson Potter Pub. Date: 02 November, 1999 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $50.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.33 (3 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: An invitation into the homes of collectors.
Comment: This book is inspiring because it shows us the homes of many collectors of paintings.It is well written, but there are not enough new ideas that can be incorporated by the reader. Some of the collectors have little idea on how to display their paintings in a way that is pleasing and justifies the works. Many of the dispalys are cluttered and clautrophobic. Yet, there are some splendid homes that incorporate paintings spectacularly. The article on Dorothy and Herbert Vogel is very moving. These extra-ordinary people deserve a book just on them.
Rating: 5
Summary: A unique and personal view of collecting
Comment: This is an extraordinary book. Clearly not intended as a scholarly exercise, the authors take us up close and personal with outstanding collectors and their art. These are people I would be unlikely ever to meet, and their personal views and how they are expressed through the works they surround themselves with provide a glimpse into the collecting mind. Many of the homes are wealthy, though some are artists who have accumulated works from their friends. The photos are spectacular, and give many ideas of how art can be integrated into one's home.
Rating: 2
Summary: At Home With Art Not Your Home
Comment: Diving into this book, as an avid art collector, one might expect to learn how different people work with the art they possess. This book though is really for those who are stricly ardent and almost excessive collectors who like to jam pack their residences with works galore. What is missing from this text is a careful presentation of how many different types of people display their art. There is too much focus on furniture, collecting passions and interest, and not enough focus on ideas. Overall, I found this book to be somewhat mono-dimensional in the concepts portrayed of how others live with their art. More a picture of what the authors had preconceived than a search for the spectrum of ideas.
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Title: At Home with Books : How Booklovers Live with and Care for Their Libraries by ESTELLE ELLIS, CHRISTOPHER SIMON SYKES, CAROLINE SEEBOHM ISBN: 0517595001 Publisher: Clarkson Potter Pub. Date: 31 October, 1995 List Price(USD): $50.00 |
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Title: House Beautiful Art: Decorating with Art at Home by Judith Gura, The Editors of House Beautiful Magazine ISBN: 1588160238 Publisher: Hearst Books Pub. Date: 28 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
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Title: The Yale Dictionary of Art and Artists by Erika Langmuir, Norbert Lynton ISBN: 0300064586 Publisher: Yale Univ Pr Pub. Date: September, 2000 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Hislop's Official International Price Guide to Fine Art by Duncan Hislop ISBN: 0609808745 Publisher: House of Collectibles Pub. Date: 26 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: The South Beach Diet: The Delicious, Doctor-Designed, Foolproof Plan for Fast and Healthy Weight Loss by Arthur Agatston ISBN: 1579546463 Publisher: Rodale Press Pub. Date: 05 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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