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Title: Picasso's War: The Destruction of Guernica and the Masterpiece That Changed the World by Russell Martin ISBN: 0-525-94680-2 Publisher: E P Dutton Pub. Date: 24 October, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.43 (7 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Good discussion - Visuals lacking
Comment: Picasso's War untangles much of the criticism of the artist during WWII for remaining in France. It is an excellent discussion of Guernica--the paintings beginning as rough sketches to the final product. The tragedy at Gernica is discribed vividly, putting the reader at the scene. Martin's take on Picasso is balanced--his outstanding talent and chauvenism toward his many women are discussed. My criticism of the book lies with the total lack of illustrations. As an artist I wanted to see pictures of the initial sketches, the painting in process and a good reproduction of Guernica, not just what was on the cover. The lack of illustrations makes the book much less effective for a visual person, artist or art historian.
Rating: 3
Summary: Great Read -- Great History?
Comment: Russell Martin has taken the history of the Spanish Civil War and a single work of art an woven them together into an entertaining and enlightening book. I am disturbed, however, by the author's Bibliographical Note, which begins "This narrative is intended for general readers rather than scholars, and for that reason I have chosen not to cite sources in the text or in accompanying notes. But I will be pleased to answer queries directed to me through the publisher about specific sources...." The author claims a great deal of detailed knowledge, from time to time stating with authority how Picasso felt in particular situations. It would be nice, even for a general reader, to know whether these conclusions were based on letters or interviews or the author's supposition...
Rating: 5
Summary: Guernica-- et la Guerre
Comment: Brisk biography of a great apparition, Picasso's meditation on war, and the atrocity of the bombing of the Basques. Detached,almost remote from politics Picasso is suddenly drawn into a protest against the fascist tide in the period of the Spanish Civil War, the outcome the masterpiece one once saw many times at Moma--the author recounts the return of this orphaned msterpice to Spain after its long years of exile and rejection by Franco's spain. Well told, important story.
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Title: Beethoven's Hair : An Extraordinary Historical Odyssey and a Scientific Mystery Solved by Russell Martin ISBN: 076790351X Publisher: Broadway Pub. Date: 09 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Genesis of a Painting : Picasso's Guernica by Rudolf Arnheim ISBN: 0520042662 Publisher: University of California Press Pub. Date: April, 1981 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Life with Picasso by Francoise Gilot ISBN: 0385261861 Publisher: Anchor Pub. Date: 26 May, 1989 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: That Noble Dream : The 'Objectivity Question' and the American Historical Profession by Peter Novick ISBN: 0521357454 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: 30 September, 1988 List Price(USD): $27.00 |
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Title: Bad Habits: Drinking, Smoking, Taking Drugs, Gambling, Sexual Misbehavior, and Swearing in American History (American Social Experience, No 28) by John C. Burnham ISBN: 081471224X Publisher: New York University Press Pub. Date: March, 1994 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
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