From Publishers Weekly Goffstein's simplified, lyrical writing will ignite her readers' imaginations and teach them to see, to feel, not merely look at the obvious in great works. Small but excellent reproductions of paintings and drawings in this book are masterpieces by artists of different eras, whose styles were entirely dissimilar. Yet they are united by a common spirit that kept them striving to convey an idea or emotion of sorrow, awe, love. Goffstein reflects on Johannes Vermeer who created "spacious, light-filled paintings" of Delft in the 17th century. "Did the six daughters model for their father?" the author wonders. "We see girls with their features on the streets of New York. Are they the descendants of Vermeer?" Her acute sensibilities then fix our thoughts on the muses inspriring artists of the late 19th and 20th centuries. Here is Eugene Boudin, not the angel that Courbet called him ("to know the skies so well"). The last of Norman sailors, he was "bound to paint their contemplation of the sea and sky." The examples of art by Woodland Indians struck another chord in the author. Her photo displays Doll, by an Indian woman: "And look at her crooked smile. She's heard lies. She's seen starvation." Addressing Claude Monet, Goffstein reminds him how the poet Mallarme "tightly held the small painting you gave him . . . " as the world cherishes the beauties he immortalized on canvas. But above all, it's the struggle of Paul Cezanne that makes us profoundly aware that all great paintings cost the artist dear. "For beside the dream in his own mind, a great artist dies a failure." Copyright 1985 Reed Business Information, Inc. From School Library Journal Grade 10 Up A companion volume to Lives of the Artists (Farrar, 1982), An Artists Album is a collection of Goffstein's personal insights into the lives and works of Vermeer, Boudin, Cezanne, Monet and the Woodland Indians. Some of the brief comments are biographical, some are philosophical and some are imaginative musings, but all will require familiarity with the artists and their works. The text is cast in poetical language, uneven in quality. The reproduction of the paintings and drawings is excellent, but the selection of the works to represent the artists is disappointing overall. Of very limited appeal. Barbara Peklo Serling, Oneida City Schools, N.Y.Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc. See all Editorial Reviews
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评分这本书的外观给我带来了一种强烈的时空错位感。它不是那种印刷精美、色彩鲜艳的当代艺术画册,更像是一件从维多利亚时代博物馆库房里“借”出来的档案。纸张的颜色略微泛黄,但没有霉变或破损,保养得令人称奇,这本身就说明了其持有者对它的珍视。我注意到书的边角处,偶尔会有一两个非常微小的、几乎看不见的标记,它们可能不是印刷错误,而是早期阅读者留下的、只有特定群体才能理解的符号。这让我浮想联翩:这本书的读者群体是多么的专业和独特?它是否是某个秘密社团的必读书目?它的主题一定非常聚焦,以至于不需要对大众进行解释性的引导。它就像一个知识的黑匣子,其价值在于其内部信息的密度和稀有性,而不是其外在的吸引力。我期待着有一天能有足够的时间和心力去破解它所承载的全部信息,但此刻,仅仅是拥有它,就已经是艺术品鉴赏的一部分了。
评分我不得不承认,我到现在为止只是在“感受”这本书,而不是在“阅读”它。每一次触碰,都像是在和一个沉默的智者对话。书页间那种特有的、略带酥脆的质感,让人联想到那些被收藏家视若珍宝的早期印刷品。我好奇地观察了它的装订线,似乎没有使用现代常见的胶装,而是某种更古老的手缝技术,这极大地提升了它的历史价值。从目录的结构来看,它似乎是按照某种逻辑而非时间顺序来组织的,这表明作者的思维模式可能更倾向于概念的聚合而非线性的叙事。它散发出的那种“非卖品”的气场,让我不敢轻易在上面做任何标记,生怕玷污了它的纯粹性。我推测,这本书的内容必然是对某个领域进行了极其深入的、近乎偏执的钻研,可能涉及到了很多已经失传的技艺或被历史遗忘的理论体系,其价值不在于普及,而在于保存和纪念。
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