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Elisabeth: Prinzessin In Bayern, Kaiserin Von Österreich, Königin Von Ungarn: Wunschbilder Oder Die Kunst Der Retouche
German
159 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2008
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February 6, 2011
This book is just wonderful. Not necessarily for the information: the book begins with a 40-page introduction to Sisi's life, which for me was largely irrelevant because I'm well informed about her life already. It is well written though, clear and to the point, but of course that was not necessarily the aim of this book. This book concerns itself with pictures.
I think maybe all of the well-known pictures are in this book. I'd seen most of them before, but they're printed in really good quality and I can just spend many hours looking at the absolutely wonderful pictures. It's also funny because this book (occasionally) prints photos and lithographies made of the same photo, which is funny because you see what the artists have subtly tried to 'change' in the Empress (for instance, they may have added a smile, or made her face a bit smaller, etc.). Plus every picture is accompanied with background information: where it was taken, at what time of her life, and when possible who made the picture. It was very interesting, but I must admit I did not read all of it. It's perfect as a catalogue and has a wealth of background information, but I was distracted by the pretty pictures. And I think that in the end, that was the whole idea of the book, to gather all the pictures that are out there in one book for the benefit of the public, and in that, I definitely think they have succeeded.
I think maybe all of the well-known pictures are in this book. I'd seen most of them before, but they're printed in really good quality and I can just spend many hours looking at the absolutely wonderful pictures. It's also funny because this book (occasionally) prints photos and lithographies made of the same photo, which is funny because you see what the artists have subtly tried to 'change' in the Empress (for instance, they may have added a smile, or made her face a bit smaller, etc.). Plus every picture is accompanied with background information: where it was taken, at what time of her life, and when possible who made the picture. It was very interesting, but I must admit I did not read all of it. It's perfect as a catalogue and has a wealth of background information, but I was distracted by the pretty pictures. And I think that in the end, that was the whole idea of the book, to gather all the pictures that are out there in one book for the benefit of the public, and in that, I definitely think they have succeeded.
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