Paul Cézanne

by Hajo Düchting

Im kompakten Taschenformat wird das Leben und Werk der bedeutendsten Künstler der Welt visualisiert. Neben wichtigem Faktenwissen und anschaulichen Beschreibungen der Hauptwerke, wird Anekdotisches und Wissenswertes zum geschichtlichen Hintergrund vermittelt, so dass der Künstler Gestalt annimmt, greifbar wird. Die übersichtliche Gliederung und die großzügige, aussagekräftige Bebilderung ermöglichen einen schnellen Zugang zu dem Thema. Zusätzlich bietet ein ausführlicher Anhang die wichtigsten Informationen zu den Museen und Sammlungen, in denen man noch heute dem Künstler und seinem Werk begegnen kann. Kommentierte Literaturhinweise, Glossar und ausführliches Register runden den Prestel Art Guide ab.

Genres: Art, Art History, Nonfiction

71 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1990

Reviews

[AC · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not quite sure what to say about this -- the text I got was in Italian, and I didn't have the patience to take out a dictionary and read it. What I dipped into seemed interesting, though with a tendency towards the sort of florid subjectivity that often marks art criticism.

The reproductions are large and look wonderful - and there is a nice selection. Of course, it is impossible to tell if the tones are correct unless you know the paintings at first hand (which I don't). I use google images, look up a single picture, and get images that range from blue to pink. So WTF knows...!

Also annoying, at times, two pictures are presented on facing pages because they are relevant to each other. But instead of putting them in chronological order from left to right - so the eye can quickly see the development of the motif, they arrange them so that the painting that tilts right is on the left and that which tilts left is on the right. So the eye gets confused. This happens on a number of pages.

The selection of late works is not large, and the reproductions less good -- smaller.

So looks like a good coffee table book, and a nice browse. (But if I had bothered to actually read it, I might have felt differently, up or down).

[Wannes · Rating 3 out of 5]

Zeer interessant onderwerp, leuk om over bij te leren, maar er stond te veel gezever in. De beschrijvingen werden soms heel vaag en omslachtig en brachten mij weinig bij.

[Juan Ruiz]

While Cezanne is one of my favorite artists, I feel the Spanish version of this book has a lot of work yet to be done in editing and in improving the research. The quality of the paintings is in general very good.

[Gerry Parle · Rating 2 out of 5]

I liked learning a bit about Cezanne but it certainly was not the most accessible way of doing so.

[Toon Pepermans · Rating 4 out of 5]

rating is for the Könemann edition

[Rahul Bohare · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice overview of most (all?) of Cézanne's works with some background into his life.

[Zoey Selwyn · Rating 5 out of 5]

write-ups are kinda useless but the works are reproduced beautifully...new fave book to just pick up and gawk at!!