➶ [Read] ➲ The Essential: Mary Cassatt (Essential Series) By Georgette Gouveia ➾ – Centrumpowypadkowe.co.uk For readers who are short on time long on curiosity and turned off by art world jargon Abrams presents a series of hip entertaining books on artists and pop culture A fascinating account of the artist For readers who are short on time long on curiosity and turned off by art world jargon Abrams presents a series of hip entertaining books on artists and pop culture A fascinating account of the artist's life and work Fresh anecdotes both professional and personal Concise sidebars on major players and cultural and social movements that shaped the The Essential: PDF or artist's work Superb full color reproductions.
- Hardcover
- 112 pages
- The Essential: Mary Cassatt (Essential Series)
- Georgette Gouveia
- 12 July 2014 Georgette Gouveia
- 9780810958142
Enjoyed Gained much insight into the life and influences of a great painter
Love this little read It is obvious that the author Gouveia Georgette is an admirer of this great artist An American born of wealthy parents she becomes attached to the French impressionists one of two women accepted into the group Like many my recollections about Cassatt bring images of women and children Georgette uickly dispels that one Cassatt's first success was with genre paintings which show people doing something rather than sitting for a portrait The first was 'The Mandolin Player' and while it was not the last two others are eually appealing 'Bacchante' and 'Torredor' Except for her renditions of children her subjects do not look at the artist Their eyes their minds and thoughts are elsewhere I did not like the techniue 'Sound Byte' used throughout the book as it doesn't seem to fit the topic of a Victorian artist nor do I always agree with the interpretation of what the subjects might be thinking However the works included are enchanting and the descriptions of the works eually so Certainly Mary Cassatt was an individual and an artist many would have loved to know including me
Down and dirty uick facts about Mary Cassatt I found a couple misspellings which I was kind of surprised about since it's such a short book But it's a decent intro to an interesting American painter
For my Independent Study at school