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Title: Chuck Close, Up Close by Jan Greenberg, Sandra Jane Jordan, Doling Kindersley Publishing Inc ISBN: 0-7894-2486-X Publisher: Harry N. Abrams Pub. Date: March, 1998 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.75 (4 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: it's a pretty good intro
Comment: Greenberg and Jordan's book is a pretty good introduction to the work of one of our modern masters, Chuck Close. Chuck Close is a phenomenal painter, both before the onset of his disease and even more so after. You won't find many books on him, or many that contain his work. Until something a bit more 'adult' or comprehensive comes out, this is a good selection. It discusses his life and work. There is also a brief chapter on what is a portrait. They finish it off with a list of museums that have some of Chuck Close's work. It's a nice intro to a great artist.
Rating: 5
Summary: Buy this BEFORE some adult version!
Comment: Both elementary and high school readers get something from this book. The straightforward prose coveys this artist's powerful talent, humanity and relevance without being sappy. My students like to be read to when they work - its great to see them process and internalize this information as they struggle with these skills and concepts. Clean design and beautiful photos lay it all out simply. If more art history grad students would get to the point this well and this fast, I could coach art history as a sport.
Rating: 5
Summary: Great Book for Intro to Gridded Portraiture in HS Art
Comment: I'm an artist and art teacher, and I recently read this book tomy high school art students as an introduction to gridded portraiture.Don't let the age 9-12 reading level put you off--my high schoolstudents really enjoyed learning about Chuck Close, and were impressedby his work and his life story. In addition to having some greatpictures of Close's work, the book has a lot to say about the artist'sability to develop strategies to deal with his learning disabilities,and his perseverance to continue to work despite an injury that lefthim paralyzed from the neck down. Many of the students could relateto Close's learning differences, and viewed his story as veryinspirational. I like this book so much, in fact, that I'mrecommending it on my website where I have a detailed lesson planbased on teaching kids portraiture via a similar gridded method! END
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Title: Chuck Close by Chuck Close, Robert Storr, Kirk Varnedoe, Deborah Wye, Glenn D. Lowry ISBN: 0870700669 Publisher: Museum of Modern Art, New York Pub. Date: 15 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $50.00 |
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Title:Chuck Close - A Portrait in Progress ASIN: 0780020960 Publisher: Home Vision Entertainment Pub. Date: 07 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.98 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $19.98 |
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Title: Chuck Close Prints : Process and Collaboration by Terrie Sultan ISBN: 0691115761 Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr Pub. Date: 25 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $49.95 |
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Title: Daguerreotypes by Chuck Close ISBN: 8888098100 Publisher: Alberico Cetti Serbelloni Editore Pub. Date: 01 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $75.00 |
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Title: Action Jackson (Single Titles) by Jan Greenberg, Sandra Jordon, Robert Andrew Parker, Sandra Jane Jordan ISBN: 0761316825 Publisher: Millbrook Pr Trade Pub. Date: September, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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