silea's review against another edition

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Started off as exactly what I want: a description of a piece of art (Duchamps’s Fountain), its context, the artist’s philosophy of art, why the piece mattered. I _understood_ the fountain after that chapter. 

But then it was just mini biographies of artists, protracted cafe scenes and all. Blah. I finished the Impressionist and Post Impressionists chapters with no new understanding of either movement beyond the anecdote that sometimes Manet got feedback on Monet’s work. 

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ladyoberholt's review against another edition

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5.0

I just finished re-reading this book .... it is by far one of my favorite art history book on modern art ... it is really insightful and well written ... very engaging and invigorates an artist like myself

carolinevs's review

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informative inspiring medium-paced

4.0

rat72's review against another edition

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Interesting read, just didn't have time to finish before returning to library. Will revisit 

dajna's review against another edition

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3.0

Ho apprezzato. E' divulgativo al punto giusto, senza cercare di risultare divertente a tutti i costi o cadere nel classico manuale di storia dell'arte. L'ho tenuto sul comodino per tre mesi circa, leggendo di un movimento per volta, e facendo qualche ricerca in internet per vedere le opere citate.
Purtroppo le opere presentate nelle illustrazioni sono molto, molto meno di quelle citate. Mi è sembrato strano che, spesso, le opere discusse con più interesse dall'autore non comparissero poi tra le tavole. Costi eccessivi di realizzazione? Problemi di copyright? Chissà. Io butto lì un'idea: perché non abbinare al libro anche un sito web, una galleria Pinterest contenente i quadri e le sculture discusse?

didactylos's review against another edition

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3.0

Disappointing

Lost me around the Surrealists, the rest is just clever words and indulgent rather repetitive nonsense. Needed a more critical approach - which was more evident in the first half.

cazzyfmw's review against another edition

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hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

3.75

heypoetrygirl's review against another edition

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informative lighthearted reflective medium-paced

5.0

biankamaree's review against another edition

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informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

martagom's review against another edition

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funny informative medium-paced

4.0