Monet

by Karin Sagner-Düchting, Burkhard Riemschneider, Doris Linda Jones (Translator)

Featuring an extra-sturdy library binding!

Say the words "reference book" and most people think of something boring. But DK Eyewitness Books proves that doesn't have to be the case by showing readers in pictures what other books only tell them in words. What makes DK Eyewitness Books so compelling is a "lexigraphic" design style developed by Peter Kindersley. He created a design approach that integrated words to give meaning to the pictures. Rich with content, Eyewitness Books use a lively mix of full-color photographs and illustrations, cutaway and cross-section views, 3-D models, and maps to help the reader visualize the subject. Parents and educators quickly embraced the lexigraphic approach. The rest, as they say, is history.

Genres: Art

6 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1994

About the author

Karin Sagner, früher Sagner-Düchting (* 1955 in Steinheidel-Erlabrunn) ist eine deutsche Kunsthistorikerin und Autorin.

Reviews

[CelanaNox · Rating 3 out of 5]

While this book would be just suitable for someone already knowing a lot about art, painting and the French painters this book lost be a lot of times. Through the reading I was kind of getting lost but really being able to see what I was reading right now would mean in the bigger picture. The summary in the end however cleared that up.

Read it if you're very in to at and impressionism. Don't if you just like what the pictures look like.

[Doug Wells · Rating 4 out of 5]

In reading this series of Taschen books about authors, this is my favorite so far. Monet's paintings are obviously nice to look at, but the writing was equally compelling and interesting.

[Kim Vigil]

Great book on Monet if you want to delve into the reasons for his color choices and the why of colors and hues he used. Also fairly in depth biography of where he painted, his family life and all of his moves through western France searching for new motifs.