Pierre-Paul Prud'hon

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Summary: A must have for Prud'hon fans
Review: If you're a Prud'hon fan, this is a wonderful book that you should add to your collection. I've owned 2 copies of this book for years and find that I pull one out frequently. The visual contents include paintings ranging from his very early works to his final paintings, giving you a good idea of this man's talent. The text is entertaining and enlightening.

In contrast to the other review written here, I couldn't disagree more with the assessment that if you're interested in his drawings don't buy this book. While it's true that there's more space (text, pictures) dedicated to paintings, there's a wonderful section on his academic drawings, and his other drawings - preparatory, illustrations, and those for engravings - are literally everywhere throughout the book! The other reviewer must have been reviewing a different book or not understood what he/she was seeing; either way the comments are unfortunately misleading.

Another correction to the first review is that most of Prud'hon's drawings - finished or otherwise - were not executed in charcoal; they were done in black and white chalk. This is an important distinction to artists, which I can only assume the other reviewer is not.

In summary, this is a beautiful book is one of my favorites and may become one of yours too. I hope that this review corrects some of the misstatements made by the previous reviewer which may have caused interested people not to purchase it. Highly recommended!

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Summary: A must have for Prud'hon fans
Review: The Metropolitan Museum of Art has put together a fine and thorough catalog of Prud'hon's studies and finished works of both charcoal drawings and paintings. This book is not only great for visual references but also complete in text explaining the purpose of each work and where Prud'hon was in his life at the time. If however, you are looking for emphasis on his drawings, I wouldn't recommend this book because though the drawings are in it, they are reduced with more emphasis on the text and so make up only a small portion of the entire book.

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Summary: Pierre-Paul Prud'hon presented by the N.Y. Met.
Review: The Metropolitan Museum of Art has put together a fine and thorough catalog of Prud'hon's studies and finished works of both charcoal drawings and paintings. This book is not only great for visual references but also complete in text explaining the purpose of each work and where Prud'hon was in his life at the time. If however, you are looking for emphasis on his drawings, I wouldn't recommend this book because though the drawings are in it, they are reduced with more emphasis on the text and so make up only a small portion of the entire book.