5 comments about Egyptian Treasures from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.

1. Im going to the museum and I know you cant take pictures inside and you can purchase this book at the museum gift shop.The book is large and heavy --so Im buying it now so I can read up on things and dont have to purchase it there and carry it all the way home



2. The artifacts are arranged from earliest to latest, which creates a greater understanding of the arts and their progression. The arts themselves are mostly jewelry, coffins, statues, and painted carvings. There are many other objects like beds, chairs, etc. A discription of the objects is listed with it's use, material properties, aerchaeological founder, and a story behind each item.



3. This is definitely a cheaper way of seeing the museum in Cairo! When I went to Egypt last fall, we spent an afternoon in the museum. People could spend days in there and see new things. It is so packed full of artifacts that we could only stand to be in there for a few hours. Our brains could only absorb so much! This book is a good way to go back and learn about all of the things that we saw.
   The pictures are large and unbelievably clear. I would recommend this book to everyone! Of course, I would also recommend a trip to Cairo...



4. IF YOU WANT TO VISIT THE EGYPTIAN MUSEUM IN CAIRO BUT FIND IT INCONVENIENT TO GET THERE THIS IS THE SECOND BEST WAY TO VIEW THE OBJECTS. THE COLOR PRINTS ARE AS GOOD AS CAN BE PRINTED AND THE DETAIL IN DESCRIPTION IS VERY HELPFUL. I HAVE A LIBRARY AND THIS IS THE BEST AND MOST DETAILED BOOK I HAVE SEEN IN YEARS WRITTEN ON ARTIFACTS FOUND IN EGYPT. 5 STARS !!!



5. The Egyptian Museum in Cairo is whit out a doubt the greatest museum in terms of Ancient Egyptian artifacts. This book is filled with beautiful images of the most artistically amazing pieces as well as the most historically signifigant with a concise explination. On top of that the contents of the book are arranged in an easy to find in chronlogical order. A must have for all artists and scholars.

2 comments about Sculpture, Glass and American Museums.

1. This book's photography supports the authors narrative message: 1. Glass sculpture is beautiful.
   2. Glass sculpture has a surprisingly extensive record of having been presented in fine art museums.



2. Martha Drexler Lynn writes with the voice of a fiction writer and the mind of a scholar. She takes us through the issues common to all sculpture over time and then visits 26 museum collections and discusses how sculpture made of glass found its way into those collections. This book will be interesting not only to art historians and scholars but to those interested in how works of art find their way into American museums. Museums studied range from the Metropolitan and the MFA Boston to excellent regional museums.
   
   A must read for contemporary art collectors interested in learning about sculpture made of glass.

No comments about Boccioni's Materia: A Futurist Masterpiece and the Avant-garde in Milan and Paris.

1 comments about Tracey Emin.

1. If we can assume for the moment that one of the most daunting enemies of art is fear, then Tracey Emin is contributing to the art world in ways that are anything but obvious. If art causes one to think, to wonder, and to move the artist's images in and out of one's own life, just to see how it fits, like furniture seeking its rightful position in the room, then the business of art is really all about seeding the imagination. Seeds must be honest, and honest art must be fearless. The art in this book is not always pretty and comfortable, but it is always thoughtful and honest and fearless. In the effort to appreciate art, people have cautioned that one should view the art - not the artist. That isn't possible in the case of Tracey Emin, because the art and the artist are inseparable entities. She is the art, and her honesty shines through like a diamond in a mud pie. I don't know Tracey Emin, but I do know that if I ever met her, I'd never forget her. This book might be most readily appreciated by artists who will not just find inspiration in images that haven't already been thought about as much as the ones thought about but supressed. If you're an artist, I can't promise that you'll feel good about the way Emin approches her art, but I'm reasonably sure that you'll feel good about the way you'll begin to approch yours.

4 comments about Anonymous Was a Woman: A Celebration in Words and Images of Traditional American Art and the Women Who Made It.

1. I love this book! As a needle woman myself, the accounts of other such women were dear to my heart. I gave it to my mother who taught me to sew and embroider and was sorry my grandmother who taught my mother was no longer living to share it with her. I particularly liked how the book divided the stages of the early women's lives and connected the stitcheries with journal entries. Some of the quotations are expressions of my own feelings. Anyone who uses a needle would find this a gem.



2. Quilted together with common thread, the lives of the women glimpsed at in Anonymous Was A Woman scream of creation; however, not creation of life but creation of freedom using the few avenues of expression available. The women themselves were the art which they sought so earnestly to produce, and this is evidenced in their pastel speech and charcoal lives. When told to choose what piece within the book most interested me, I thought, "an easy task to undertake." I planned to find a colorful character that would most attract a reader's attention and paint a portrait of her. Now I find that task not so simple. To take away from this book a single characterization, whether glossy or matte, would be to deconstruct the perfect quilt. I do not choose to unravel what these women created; therefore, all I can say is that what I enjoy most about Anonymous Was A Woman is the ability that the chosen women have to blanket us with their lives and keep us warm even today.



3. One day in an education class, my professor asked how many female artists can you name? Granted none of the people in the class were art majors but at most we came up with two, Virgina Woolfe and Mary Casset. Many people could not name any female artists. I found it astounding that in the history of western art, I could only think of two women painters. Taking the suggestion this professor, I decide to read the book "Anonymous was a woman" by Mirra Blank. I found the book intriguing and was impressed at its unveiling of how important domestic crafts like samplers and quilts were to women in the late eighteenth century and nineteenth century. The book has great photographs and anecdotal information that gives insight to the female mind of this time period. The images include quilts, velvet, and watercolor paintings. Excerpts are taken from the diaries of famous women like Louisa May Alcott and anonymous women who have been forgotten. The author also includes certain male points of view with repect to proper female conduct and love. I thought this book was great at revealing how many female artists there have been and their contribution to the American landscape.



4. One day in an education class, my professor asked how many female artists can you name? Granted none of the people in the class were art majors but at most we came up with two, Virgina Woolfe and Mary Casset. Many people could not name any female artists. I found it astounding that in the history of western art, I could only think of two women painters. Taking the suggestion this professor, I decide to read the book "Anonymous was a woman" by Mirra Blank. I found the book intriguing and was impressed at its unveiling of how important domestic crafts like samplers and quilts were to women in the late eighteenth century and nineteenth century. The book has great photographs and anecdotal information that gives insight to the female mind of this time period. The images include quilts, velvet, and watercolor paintings. Excerpts are taken from the diaries of famous women like Louisa May Alcott and anonymous women who have been forgotten. The author also includes certain male points of view with repect to proper female conduct and love. I thought this book was great at revealing how many female artists there have been and their contribution to the American landscape.

No comments about Without Boundary.

No comments about Greek Gold: From The Treasure Rooms Of The Hermitage.

1 comments about The Hotei Encyclopedia of Japanese Woodblock Prints.

1. A truly outstanding publication, the two-volume work stands as a monument to the Japanese art of woodblock print that has so captured the imagination of artists and collectors alike in the past 400 years.
   
   Volume I contains the meat of the book. Broadly divided into three historical periods - the Edo Period (1603-1868), the Meiji Period (1868-1912), and the Late Meiji to Taisho eras (early 1900-1926), the volume shares with readers numerous insightful articles written by scholars, from both sides of the Pacific Ocean, on Japanese history and arts, covering topics ranging from the origin of the woodblock prints, the various forms of prints (Ukiyo-e, Nagasaki-e, Sumo prints, etc.), seminal and landmark publishers of these masterpieces, to collecting and preserving woodblock prints. Last of which was particularly helpful since it brought up things to consider in collecting Ukiyo-e prints (quality, condition, and rarity) and the ways to discern originals prints from reproductions - though short in its coverage, it nevertheless highlights mistakes that casual collectors make on purchasing prints from shops and, especially, from on-line sources such as eBay. This volume also has many wonderfully reproduced woodblock prints.
   
   Volume II (a thinner 180-page volume) provides further useful information. Contained within the volume are a 93-page glossary of print artists (including designers, illustrators, and collectors) and woodblock print terms, artist index in conjunction with lineage charts with information on major schools of print designers and their teacher/student relationships, artist signature facsimiles which can be used to identify artist's name on the print, censor seals, publisher seals, and an extensive and excellent bibliography.
   
   The book is truly impressive in its breadth of coverage. As a novice to the world of Japanese woodblock prints, the two-volume work serves me well as an excellent introduction to this splendid art form. Any serious students of the subject will be well served to have this publication in their library. Although Amazon gives a generous discount to the book, it is still a fairly pricey item. If you don't want to purchase a copy, you can still marvel its contents by getting a copy from your local library (mostly likely via their interlibrary loan program). Either way, you will not be disappointed.

No comments about The Inquisitor Sketchbook.

1 comments about Instruction Paintings.

1. This is one of the most inspiring and special books I have ever owned. Yoko Ono is my absolute idol! This book is like a collection of personal and secret poems... ...to be deciphered under your own terms...