Matisse

by Gilles Néret

Book Overview

The extraordinary significance of the painter and sculptor Henri Matisse in the history of modern art, but also his influence, was no less decisive than that of his main rival, Pablo Picasso. In fact,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3822820636
• ISBN13: 9783822820636
• Release Date: December 2002
• Publisher: Taschen
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 2.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.8" x 10.1"

Customer Reviews

Reproductions are great, text is boring

First and foremost, the reproduction quality is really good. That's the most important thing to look for in a book. I've purchased some books where some of the paintings are horribly reproduced. This isn't the case with this book. I am fortunate enough to live in Paris and I have went to the modern art museum to see the Matisse paintings in person and I am pretty satisified with the quality of the book. However, the text of the book is disappointing. I really got the impression that the author was just writing to fill in space. I didn't really learn much about his technique or much about him in fact. I quit reading the text half way through and just enjoyed the paintings. If you are just looking for good reproductions, this is a good book. If you want to learn more about Matisse and the artists of his time, I'd look at a few other books first, maybe you could do better.

A good book with accurate color

This is a wonderful book. The color seems very accurate. There are many artbooks with inaccurate color reproduced. I compared several photos in this book with the real Matisse's paintings, the color is all accurate.

A nice journey into Matisse life

If you love Matisse, you will surely like this book. This volume provides a nice balance of biographical and analytical information on Matisse, along with excellent reproductions.