The Last Flowers of Manet
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  • The Last Flowers of Manet
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The Last Flowers of Manet
Robert Gordon , and Andrew Forge
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5 out of 5 stars The Last Flowers of Manet.......2007-03-16

Absolutely perfect for my "Deathbed Art" themed lecture. A lovely book.

5 out of 5 stars A Beautiful Little Book.......2002-04-10

A wonderful yet small collection of reproductions of Manet's last works. A very great artist, at the end of his days, paints exquisite small works of flowers. What else could you want?

5 out of 5 stars Manet's last works are simply perfect!.......2001-12-14

As an art student studying the techniques of the masters, this little book has been invaluable to me. This is for anyone who seriously wants to experience Manet's genius. His little florals leap off the page! The printing is good, too. Faithfully shows detail and tone well. While nothing replaces seeing these works in person, this book is one every artist should have.

5 out of 5 stars Breathtaking Mastery.......2000-04-15

During the last months of 1882 Edouard Manet was gravely ill. This was to be the last year of his life. He no longer had the strengh for large ambitious work. With frequent rest periods, he had just completed "A Bar at the Folies-Bergere."

Due to his ebbing energy he began to paint on a smaller scale, simple bouquets of flowers in a variety of glass vases. Often these were the flowers friends brought to the convalescing artist.

"The Last Flowers of Manet" is a little gem of a book presenting 16 of these elegant, magical paintings. There are ethereal white lilac blossoms and slashes of pink peony petals shimmering before rich, black backgrounds. There are roses and tulips in warm, golden shades.

Just as Matisse in his last days could not make a false stroke when creating his cutout compositions, so Manet brings total mastery to these exquisite, soulful still lifes.
Manet and the Sea
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    Manet and the Sea
    Juliet Wilson-Bareau , and David Degener
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    Edouard Manet (1832-1883) was passionate about the sea. Before becoming a painter, he spent six months at sea, and, like many Europeans of his era, he took numerous seaside holidays. Manet made his public debut as a marine painter at the Paris Salon of 1864 with The Battle of the U.S.S. "Kearsarge" and the C.S.S. "Alabama," his dramatic depiction of a U.S. Civil War naval battle off the coast of France, and he continued to paint seascapes throughout his career. These extraordinary works clearly reflect his intimate knowledge of and love for maritime vessels and the sea. Manet and the Sea is the first book to highlight the French master's beautiful and varied seascapes. Essays by leading scholars discuss how Manet completely overturned the established academic conventions of marine painting in France. His provocative approach was equal to that of his contemporary Gustave Courbet, and his bold and innovative techniques inspired many younger artists, including Claude Monet, Berthe Morisot, James McNeill Whistler, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Essays on these and other artists place their seascapes in relation to Manet's pictures. This handsomely illustrated and designed book presents over one hundred paintings and drawings in full color. Anyone interested in the sea, maritime painting, nineteenth-century French painting, and particularly the role Manet played in the Impressionist revolution, will find this an essential book to own.
    Manet: The Still Life Paintings
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    • Good overview of Manet's still-flife paintings
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    The French artist Édouard Manet was delighted when a client who purchased his painting of a bunch of asparagus paid more than the asking price. So he sent a special thank-you--a tiny image of a single pale spear of the prized vegetable. These and other lushly painted still lifes of flowers, fruits, and other foodstuffs, isolated or in groups, form one of the most beguiling aspects of Manet's output from the 1860s through the early '80s. Manet: The Still-Life Paintings, the catalog for the exhibition at the Walters Art Gallery in Baltimore, Maryland, through April 22, 2001, serves as a pleasant introduction to the intimate late work of the great 19th-century realist. With 106 color reproductions, including close-up details of brushwork, the modestly scaled volume makes for a satisfying browse. The most deliciously unexpected treats are the luminous watercolors of fruit, nuts, or flowers that Manet interwove with his personal correspondence.

    Earlier in Manet's career, still-life images played a supporting role in figure paintings. Author George Mauner, professor emeritus of art history at Pennsylvania State University, guides the reader to observe such details as the cherry falling in midair in Young Man w ith Cherries. This fascination with instantaneous effects would culminate 11 years later in the smoking rifles of the Mexican troops in The Execution of Emperor Maximilian. Manet, of course, was well aware of the tradition of still life as an invocation of the senses and as a reminder of the fleeting nature of sensual pleasure (and life itself). Mauner explains how this art-historical knowledge offers clues to some of the artist's more enigmatic paintings. The quote-heavy, name-dropping style of fellow essayist Henri Loyrette seems less attuned to a general reader's interests. But the book's most grievous sin is one of omission: the failure to include even the briefest biographical outline of Manet's life and work. --Cathy Curtis

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    Of all the paintings by the Impressionist master Edouard Manet, nearly one-fifth are still lifes, a genre the artist himself considered “the touchstone of painting.” This sumptuous volume, published to accompany a landmark exhibition at the Walters Art Gallery in Baltimore and at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris, is the first major book to focus on this crucial aspect of Manet's work.

    Throughout his career, and especially later in his life, Manet devoted considerable energy to still lifes, producing oils, watercolors, and prints that unite exuberant personal expression with a flawless mastery of light and detail. With informative text, including an enlightening essay by Henri Loyrette, director of the Musée d'Orsay, Manet: The Still-Life Paintings features lush, full-page colorplates as well as full-bleed details of what some critics consider the finest examples of still-life painting ever executed.

    The exhibition this book accompanies has been organized by the American Federation of Arts and the Réunion des Musées Nationaux/Musée d'Orsay, Paris.

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    5 out of 5 stars Good overview of Manet's still-flife paintings.......2007-07-03

    This book is certainly among the best overviews of Manet's still-life paintings. If you enjoy direct, descriptive paintings with rich color, this book is likely to interest you. I especially liked seeing the "unfinished" basket of pears on page 107 (the kind of work usually left out of such books), which gave me a good idea of how Manet approached his still-lifes of this period. By the way, overall, the reproductions are very good (of course, paintings are never as good in print as in real life).

    2 out of 5 stars Great Exhibition, Disappointing Catalogue.......2001-04-08

    I journeyed to the Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore to see the exhibition. "MANET - The Still Life Paintings" which is on view until April 22, 2001. The show was previously at the Musee d'Orsay in Paris. It is a lovely, intimate show. The majority of these gorgeous still lifes of fruits, vegetables and flowers were painted in the last three years of Manet's life. Unfortunately, the catalogue does not begin to do these beautful oil paintings and watercolors justice. The book's colorplates are of unsatisfactory quality and fail to capture the sumptuousness of these touching works of art. The book measures just shy of 9 inches by 9 inches, too small to get any partial enjoyment after seeing the exhibition. The text does not advance art scholarship. Not worth the price.

    5 out of 5 stars Small but magnificent book.......2001-02-28

    The beautifully reproduced paintings. with some detail shots, in this potent package remind us that Manet truly is the 'father of modernism.' The still lifes of fruit alone would make this book a must have for any art book lover. His peaches, lemons, strawberries and plums are so full of longing, sadness, bliss and sheer beauty that they stop you in your tracks. I don't know how else to say it: Manet was an artist of cosmic proportions. The transcenant nature of the work juxtaposed against the audacious technique rightfully set Manet at the forefront of the western cannon.
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                    Although packaged as a book for general readers, Anime: From Akira to Princess Mononoke is a dreary academic study that showcases the clichés of "higher" criticism but tells the reader little about the art form. The potentially interesting points that Susan Napier raises (e.g., Are characters with blond, pink, or purple hair really perceived as Japanese?) are ignominiously buried in arcane jargon. And she too often discusses other authors' theories instead of anime itself. In a section on Ranma 1/2, she refers to various books, but in a footnote she cites only a single published interview with series creator Rumiko Takahashi. If Napier regards the Ranma series as significant, why didn't she interview the artist?

                    The text is riddled with errors, which suggests that the author hasn't watched the films carefully. For example, she cites a "brilliant" essay referring to the loss of all electrical power in Japan (a symbol of "modernization under the patriarchal system") in episode 3 of Neon Genesis Evangelion. No blackout occurs in this episode. In episode 6, however, all the electricity in Japan is requisitioned to power a superweapon. From Akira to Princess Mononoke is the sort of book churned out by professors to satisfy publish-or-perish rules. --Charles Solomon

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                    With the popularity of Pokémon still far from waning, Japanese animation, known as anime to its fans, has a firm hold on American pop culture. However, anime is much more than children's cartoons. It runs the gamut from historical epics to sci-fi sexual thrillers. Often dismissed as fanciful entertainment, anime is actually quite adept at portraying important social and cultural issues such as alienation, gender inequality, and teenage angst. This book investigates the ways that anime presents these issues in an in-depth and sophisticated manner, uncovering the identity conflicts, fears over rapid technological advancement, and other key themes present in much of Japanese animation.

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                    4 out of 5 stars Scholarly approach.......2005-12-01

                    This book takes a fairly scholarly approach to anime and is probably not for the casual reader or the hyper fan. In particular the author looks at the sociological subtexts of anime in fairly grood detail. While this is only one approach to the subject she generally does a fairly good, and interesting, job. I will say that if she used the word "priviledged" one more time I would scream.

                    This would not be my choice for a first book on the subject, for which I would recommend "Anime Explosion". If you're interested in the cultural references, including the Japanese and Buddhist mythology underlying many of the stories, check of "Samurai from Outer Space", a much better book that the title implies.

                    1 out of 5 stars Save yourself the money..........2005-11-30

                    Save yourself the money on this book. The author seems to read some anime reviews, "The Anime Companion", and some cultural anime books, and slop them together as though she's got original information. Some of which she STILL gets wrong. Incorrect pictures for some of the anime, too, only futher lowering the quality of this book...which is hard to do with pictures, you'd think.

                    4 out of 5 stars interesting anime.......2005-09-10

                    I bought this book for a friend that is very interested in anime.
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                    3 out of 5 stars Are we reviewing the same book?.......2005-06-21

                    I am a huge fan of anime and also of the Japanese culture and history. I figured that this book would be interesting. I heard good things about it and bad things about it but wanted to judge it myself.
                    First - it was first published in 2000 which means that the anime scene has already changed greatly. In fact, many of the points made in the book would have been outdated by the time it was printed.
                    Second - she seems to focus a lot of sex. Now that may be because much of her information, and the anime she selected to view, came from University students or stores who supplied students. The idea that pornography is a _major current_ within the world of anime is a interesting but flawed statement. Erotic anime makes up a small corner of the anime produced in Japan and it has greater sales abroad than in its homeland. In fact, I would go as far as to say that Non-Japanese would be the main target for this type of anime - which means trying to understand the Japanese male-female relationship via adult anime is also flawed. But it might tell us alot about American and European college students.
                    She has tons of interesting points to make but the foundations she builds to hold them up seem weak and shaky. For example, she talks about men's insecurity and their need for Mecha using sci-fi shows where most of the pilots are female. She uses sources about American Superheros to talk about Japanese characters.
                    Also, while she did mention a Tenchi movie, she seems to skip the Tenchi Muyo! TV shows. What about Dominion Tank Police, Gall Force, Martian Successor Nadesico, Wings of Honneamise, any of the Gundam shows or even Dirty Pair? I don't think she even once writes about CLAMP!
                    In other words, while she does get into detail about a few areas of anime, she is far from covering it all. So buyer beware and buy it used.
                    I would also suggest _The Erotic Anime Movie Guide_ by Helen McCarthy and Jonathan Clements for the history and true understanding of erotic anime. For understanding mainstream anime I would suggest _Anime Explosion_ by Patrick Drazen, _Samurai From Outer Space_ by Antonia Levi and _The Anime Companion_ by Gulles Poitras. ^_^

                    5 out of 5 stars Finally, someone gives anime the attention it deserves.......2005-01-04

                    Here it is, one of the most serious, well thought out books on anime written by a single author (rare if you have tried to look for scholarly books in this area). Instead of writing to a bunch of fans in order to expound on the glories of anime, Napier writes critically and intelligently, and while I do not always agree with her reading of certain texts, she does explain her position well, articulating that position in well structured theory. I am thrilled to see that other people are doing this very important work, as anime has become a serious cultural phenomenon to consider--taking the West by storm. It is time, I think, to actually critically engage these texts and think through what we are watching and the effects that it this media has on our culture.
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                            This book presents a general survey of American fiddling. The author's intent is to teach the basics of fiddling by beginning with essential bowings and fingerings, and progressing from simple to more complex renditions of tunes. As fiddling is an aural tradition and fiddlers from different parts of the country play a given tune in many ways, tunes included in this book are offered only as themselves. The author has attempted to present usable fingerings, bowings and explanations of each of the 49 tunes in this book. The end result is the most widely-used fiddle method available! The CD is in split-track format, allowing the fiddler to play with the fiddle solo, guitar and/or fiddle accompaniment, or both! Contains every tune in the book. On the DVD Craig Duncan is joined by guitarist Robert Bowlin in performing 32 tunes from the popular text, Mel Bay's Deluxe Fiddling Method. Each tune is performed at slow and medium tempos. Shuffle bowing and double shuffle bowing techniques are presented. Notation is shown at the bottom of the screen beneath split-screen views of both hands. This video sets a new standard for home teaching tools and is perfect for beginning students and for those who play the instrument, but want to learn more about fiddling.
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                              Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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                              • Fun Book! I wish they could use practical yarn, however
                              • They did it again!
                              • Great Book!!
                              • They did it again!
                              The Yarn Girls' Guide to Beyond the Basics
                              Julie Carles , and Jordana Jacobs
                              Manufacturer: Potter Craft
                              ProductGroup: Book
                              Binding: Hardcover

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                              ASIN: 1400097983
                              Release Date: 2005-11-29

                              Book Description

                              The yarn girls are upping the ante on quick-to-knit, sassy looks in beyond the basics. With the same friendly encouragement and big-sister know-how found in their previous books, The Yarn Girls’ Guide to Simple Knits and The Yarn Girls’ Guide to Kid Knits, Julie Carles and Jordana Jacobs are taking new knitters to the next level of stitch wizardry. But new knitters aren’t the only ones having fun — intermediate and experienced knitters won’t be able to resist the ingenious patterns that deliver nearly instant gratification.

                              Without abandoning their straightforward instructions and fast-working chunky yarns, the Yarn Girls present thirty-four of their freshest patterns to introduce clever techniques such as cabling, color work, and shaping to turn a simple sweater into a smart number. Try a little intarsia to make a plain sweater a work of color sophistication. Knit up a cabled tank top for stunning warm-weather wear. The projects in this book cover a range of apparel and accessories — hip tees, cozy sweaters, chic hats, delicate scarves, stunning ponchos, and even blankets — enough to take you through all sorts of styles and seasons, with the investment of a little time and a few clever stitches.

                              The yarn girls return to the scene with an exciting line of thirty-four brand-new stylish patterns that will wow experienced knitters while taking beginners to the next level.

                              Inside, you’ll find easy-to-understand techniques for:

                              • knitted cables
                              • intarsia
                              • slipped stitches

                              Customer Reviews:

                              2 out of 5 stars hate big needles.......2007-05-22

                              I am not sure anyone looks good in bulky, big needle sweaters- and if you don't like to knit and want it over with, why knit? Take up another craft that you love to do. None of these patterns are attractive and if you are over 18 I don't think you would wear them.

                              4 out of 5 stars Fun Book! I wish they could use practical yarn, however.......2007-05-08

                              I took up knitting again few months ago - 20 years ago I knit quite a bit in college. Now that I have a family and a smaller budget for crafts, I've been sticking to smaller projects like socks, but when I saw the hoodie pullover in this book, I simply *had* to knit a sweater again. And this is where I ran into my main issues with this book (two of them).


                              The medium hoodie takes 11 skeins of the Blue Sky Alpaca Worsted. I got online and priced how much that would be: at $18 per skein, that is $198 for one casual, but cute, knitted hoodie, assuming that there is no sales tax or shipping on that amount of yarn. I'm sorry, but no one I know who actually has to BUY their yarn (rather than have it donated by a yarn company who wants to get some advertising for their product)is going to spend $200 to knit a casual hoodie. I wish that the authors kept reality in mind and chose to use yarn that people who have to buy it can afford.


                              Substituting yarn that was more practical in terms of cost led to my second issue. Since the yarn used is called "Worsted," I made the mistake of assuming that it actually was worsted weight yarn and drove to a yarn store and bought worsted weight yarn. Imagine my frustration when I sat down to knit the swatch to check the guage and found that it took needles 3 sizes larger to get the recommended guage. My stitches looked very loose, not what I wanted for a pullover to wear in the Fall. I then realized that the weight of the yarn they used must have actually been CHUNKY rather than WORSTED weight yarn. If only I knew that, I would have been able to look for and buy chunky yarn, rather than worsted. Since I love the color of the yarn I selected, I'm trying to knit the sweater with a smaller guage (4 stitches per inch, rather than the 3.5 called for in the pattern) but follow the directions for a size large. If my calculations are correct, the resulting width should work for me, so here's hoping it works.


                              So, overall, very very very cute projects in this book. Enough to make me decide to tackle sweaters again after 20 years. That is saying something. My criticisms are twofold: using impractically expensive yarn for the samples and then not giving information to make yarn substitutions easy.

                              5 out of 5 stars They did it again!.......2007-05-01

                              After making 6 projects out of the first book, I could hardly wait for this one to be published. I was not disappointed. Once again, the projects are stylish and fun. I have made several of them and have had numerous compliments on them. The projects in this book seem to build on the skills I learned from the first book, and I can now say that I have completed a cabled turtleneck that looks very much like a Ralph Lauren one that I purchased. I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to build their skills while completing projects that look hand made, not home made! I frequently refer to the illustrations and instructions for finishing, seaming, and details in both of the Yarn Girls books, as they are clear and easy to follow, whether I am working on one of their patterns or one from another source.

                              5 out of 5 stars Great Book!! .......2007-04-07

                              I had been knitting scarves and simple hats, and wanted a bit of a challenge, but not an extremely complicated book. This book has the best cable knit hat pattern I could have found. (believe me I looked at so many cable knit hat patterns, and this one was straight forward, and turned out beautiful). I have made several more cable knit hats since then, and hardly need to look at the pattern now, because it is so well designed. Of course there are other things besides hats. I am thrilled to find some cute tank top patterns in the book too, as well as sweaters and scarves. They are modern and stylish, yet not so difficult for the newbie knitter. If you know the basic knitting and purling, (or even if you don't, there is instruction) this would be a great "...guide to beyond the basics" as the title clearly states. No regrets about buying this knitting book. I refer back to it often.

                              5 out of 5 stars They did it again!.......2007-03-05

                              Great book! If you are knitter in need of immediate gratification to knitting an item, then here it is. Like the first book, many of these knits can be finished in a weekend or after a few days. You get to make something that you can actually wear before it goes out of style. I love all their books I wish they would come out with one on crocheting. "The Yarn girls guide to Crochet". What do ya think girls? Anytime soon? I know I'll be the first to buy one.
                              Yarn Girls' Guide to Beyond the Basics
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                                Yarn Girls' Guide to Beyond the Basics
                                Julie Carles
                                Manufacturer: TURNAROUND PUBLISHER
                                ProductGroup: Book
                                Binding: Hardcover
                                ASIN: B000K2IYWO

                                Sierra Wireless announces Voq Professional Phone is now available through KPN.(Netherlands)(Brief Article): An article from: European Telecom
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                                  Sierra Wireless announces Voq Professional Phone is now available through KPN.(Netherlands)(Brief Article): An article from: European Telecom

                                  Manufacturer: Information Gatekeepers, Inc.
                                  ProductGroup: Book
                                  Binding: Digital

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                                  ASIN: B0009GL0PO
                                  Release Date: 2005-06-01

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                                  This digital document is an article from European Telecom, published by Information Gatekeepers, Inc. on August 1, 2004. The length of the article is 347 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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                                  Publication: European Telecom (Newsletter)
                                  Date: August 1, 2004
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                                  Volume: 9 Issue: 8 Page: 10(2)

                                  Article Type: Brief Article

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                                    Manufacturer: Prentice-Hall
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