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Artists in Residence: A Guide to the Homes and Studios of Eight 19th-Century Painters In and Around Paris Paperback with slip case | 
 enlarge | Author: Dana Micucci
Publisher: Little Bookroom
Category: Book
List Price: $19.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 240669
Media: Paperback
Edition: Paperback with slip case
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 144
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 9 x 8.7 x 0.6
ISBN: 1892145006
Dewey Decimal Number: 759.436
EAN: 9781892145000
ASIN: 1892145006
Publication Date: April 9, 2001
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Product Description
Open to the public, the homes and studios of eight celebrated nineteenth-century painters—Vincent van Gogh, Claude Monet, Gustave Courbet, Eugene Delacroix, Gustave Moreau, Rosa Bonheur, Jean-Francois Millet, and Charles-Francois Daubigny—provide intimate insights into their work and personalities as well as pleasurable day-long itineraries in and around Paris. A writer and a photographer, both of whose work appears frequently in Architectural Digest, present sumptuous portraits of these painters’ lives and times.
Travel information includes discriminating hotel and restaurant recommendations; sites of related interest; excursions to nearby chateaux and medieval fortress towns; directions for travel by car and train; museums in Paris with works by each artist; phone and fax numbers and email addresses for all listings.
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 Gorgeous pic-survey and complete travel guide, NOT art crit! October 14, 2004
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I'll agree with the previous reviewer concerning this title's arty status, and then some -- this is the most delicious mini-coffee-table book/slipcase combo I've come across in years of book reselling. But the demand for heavyweight art-crit action is misdirected.
The book's subtitle says "A Guide," and that's exactly what it is, via glorious photos of interiors with atmospheric introductory texts; repros of a typical work or two; and shots of the surrounding countryside -- PLUS complete information concerning: how to get there and where to stay; walking tours of the areas and other local tours of interest; and where to eat nearby. It even has a bibliography -- quite a satisfying package in 143 pages!
If you love French art and plan to be around Paris, just grab yourself a copy of this title, plan your pilgrimage, and GO -- then do the art-crit thing afterwards....
 for the coffeetable not for reading February 19, 2003
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
I was so disapointed with this book when I got it. I wanted some ANALYSIS and scholarship in conjunction with the photographs...but NO, there was NONE TO BE FOUND. The reproductions are nice and if you just want something to look at fine...get the book. However, if you actually want to read a book about french studios this is not the book to buy.
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