| Title | : | Complete Kagan: Vladimir Kagan--A Lifetime of Avant-Garde Design |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.52 (491 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 097276612X |
| Format Type | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2006-07-06 |
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1st complete compendium of Kagan's life and work and includes dozens of never before published photographs and sketches from his personal archives.
Editorial :
Well written, lush with photos and perfectly laid out. I'm amazed that Ms. Don't waste your money on this one.. This book touched on plenty of relevant things for me as an artist. This is a well illustrated large book concentrating on works by the Renaissance Venetian artists. The fabric cover itself is just white! The entire book is just 12 rooms or so shot from different angles to highlight a particular artifact in a particular color. Seeing this work firsthand, one can't help be seduced by the ravishing, luminous beauty light and layers of glazing that makes these paintings unique. I will be keeping this book for a quick reference guide for the future.. The essays are interesting, but my favorite is one I almost missed after the technical photographs of xrays in the back: an essay which describes how the Venetian painters were at a remarkable crossroads of shared experimentation in color including glassmakers, creators of fabric dyes, and other tradesmen that contributed to a new wo
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