No comments about Art of the Renaissance Bronze: The Robert H. Smith Collection, Expanded Edition.

No comments about Doug Aitken: 99 Cent Dreams.

No comments about Toward Modern Art: From Puvis de Chavannes to Matisse and Picasso.

No comments about Painters and the American West: The Anschutz Collection.

1 comments about Japanese Warrior Prints 1646-1905.

1. The book is a finely researched view at warrior prints, in which every piece receives its proper background and explanation. Unfortunately, it's very scope kills the pleasure of viewing it; japanese prints are all about detail - in fabric pattern, armour and weapon decoration etc, and you just won't see any of it in this book, because the reproductions are too small. A lot of page space is lost, and the indispensable text takes up most of what is left, with the result that the primary and ultimate pleasure of the art, the viewing of it, is lost.

4 comments about Young, Sleek, And Full Of Hell.

1. Love this book! Contains some great insights into the early careers of some of my favorite artists. There should be more books like this!



2. I returned it.
   If you are an artist looking for inspiration, you won't find it here.
   The only fresh thing about this book is the title.
   
   Photos are bland. It is more academic without the kick or good design in
   "Live Through This."
   The content would only be of historical interest.
   
   I ordered this book because Amazon stated
   " Customers who bought "Live through This" also bought this book.
   I imagine they are getting a lot of returns.



3. This book gives you a look at what it was like from the people who were there. I only went to a few shows but these people lived there. McGee, Kilgallen, Campbell, Gonzalez and more. Photos of the shows and behind the scenes of life and work at the gallery. Plus great interviews with dozens of artists and people who were there telling how they found out about it and there wildest alleged experiences. Great book, every city in the world needs an alleged gallery, I know mine does.



4. I have been waiting for this book for a long time. Although I wasn't a regular when the gallery was open, over the years I have become a big fan of the art and artists that were exhibiting there. This book is filled with interesting photos and anecdotes about the struggles of being an independent artist and gallery in an increasingly more corporate world. New York is not the same now. This book reminds me that one mustn't have to sell out to make a mark.

No comments about Petit Pattern Book - Japanese Style (Bnn Pattern Book Series).

No comments about Russian Enamels: Kievan Rus to Faberge.

1 comments about Art of the Classical World in The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Greece o Cyprus o Etruria o Rome (Metropolitan Museum of Art Publications).

1. I bought this book after visiting the MET and spending a day just in the Roman wing. The book is a very useful reference for the works there; all pictures are in color and each object is described just as in the museum. My only disappointment is that a larger-than-life bronze Greek statue, perhaps my favorite in the entire collection, is not included. Nevertheless, this book, like the MET itself, is almost holy to me.

No comments about Museum and Gallery Education: A Manual of Good Practice: A Manual of Good Practice (Professional Museum and Heritage Series).