Bosch: Masters of Art

By Carl Linfert

Book Overview

Continuously in print for more than 20 years, Abrams' Masters of Art series has always been known for its exceptional quality and value. Now these classic volumes devoted to the lives and works of the world's great painters have been newly redesigned and released in paperback for the first time. The comprehensive texts, written by distinguished art historians, provide incisive and informative portraits of the artists and perceptive commentaries on their works and achievements. Each book features 40 full-page, full-color plates accompanied by commentary on the facing page. Numerous black-and-white illustrations supplement the text.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810991322
• ISBN13: 9780810991323
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 12.0" x 0.5" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 13 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary

Customer Reviews

Excellent Color Plates!

About three-quarters of this volume is dedicated to full-page color plates -- many showing details of larger works. (I'm writing about the hardcover version.) It's worth while to get this one used for the great plates even though it is but a survey of his work.

Scary

When I first saw the art of "Geronimo Bosch" I must have been 8 years old. The morbid way of expressing himself got stuck in my mind forever. You love him or hate him; I became a mesmerized after I had the opportunity to see his life work. The incredible detailed features in all of the creatures in his paintings made me give him the name "The Dali of Hell". The surrealism is so real that each individual creates its own story by every painting and makes you wonder if his imagination does not come from the nightmares of a madman. It is lack of education not to have had the change to lose yourself in this book and its incredible works of art.