Each of these handsome volumes contains 32 large color plates reproduced with superb fidelity on special paper. The informative text and detailed captions will provide inspiration and fresh insight for all who admire great painting. Using huge canvases befitting his subjects, Bierstadt was the first artist to capture the monumentality of the American wilderness. These beautiful paintings represent a distinct part of America's heritage.
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Each of these handsome volumes contains 32 large color plates reproduced with superb fidelity on special paper. The informative text and detailed captions will provide inspiration and fresh insight for all who admire great painting. Using huge canvases befitting his subjects, Bierstadt was the first artist to capture the monumentality of the American wilderness. These beautiful paintings represent a distinct part of America's heritage.
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Very good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!
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Fair. This is a used book. It may contain highlighting/underlining and/or the book may show heavier signs of wear. It may also be ex-library or without dustjacket. This is a used book. It may contain highlighting/underlining and/or the book may show heavier signs of wear. It may also be ex-library or without dustjacket.
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Illustrated by. Very Good. 10x11"oversized VERY GOOD Condition, CLEAN, SOLID, BRIGHT; Purple titles on white paper covers. COVER ART.."OREGON TRAIL" Painting; 84pg pages; Colorful western, american Indian lifestyle works shown & described. Large Yosemite & western rural, wilderness scenes paintings...some european as well. interesting text. Gathers landscapes and nature scenes by the nineteenth-century American artist, who captured the immensity and grandeur of the West.
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Very Good. Scratches to cover, minor scuffs to edges & bump to top of spine. Marks to textblock edges. Content very good. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 88 p. Watson-Guptill Famous Artists.
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VG/VG-slight wear at top and bottom of spine, small label atbase of spine, one copy has bookplates. Burgundy cloth with gilt stamped lettering. Glossy color-illustrated dust jacket with brown and black lettering. 84 pp. Illustrations, 32 in color. Useful annotation of the plates illustrating Bierstadt's work. Index, selected bibliography, footnotes.
Even the cover should alert you to the miserable color reproductions inside this cheaply produced book. The text is easily gleaned from other sources and unexceptional, but is the reproductions that are the real culprit here; often bleary and unfocused, a poor selection of examples of the artist's often uneven production give no hint of Bierstadt's exceptional skill. The worst , though, is the often vague coloring which appears at best to be missing key colors. Keep on searching.
