Claude Monet

by Martina Padberg (Editor)

Monet's extensive work is revealed in numerous images. A painter who like no other moved perception to the center of his artistic activities.

Genres: Art, Nonfiction

288 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2016

About the author

Martina Padberg is an art historian and works as a freelance curator and writer.

Reviews

[Hayley · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a terrific little hardcover edition measuring approx 30cm square. It contains most of Monet’s artwork and the essential information about Claude Monet’s life. It is a multi language book with each page being written in English, Spanish, German, French, Italian and Dutch.

I would have given five stars if there was more written information about Monet and if it was all in English. It made for a slightly disruptive reading experience when you had to read a column and then flick through the book to find where the next column in English starts.
For a beginner, with little knowledge about the artist it was worth reading and I would certainly read others in this book series.

[rosie clapp ★ · Rating 4 out of 5]

nice little collection to introduce yourself

[Marty Büch · Rating 3 out of 5]

It is a nice coffee table sized book introducing you into Monet's work and life for a budget price. However therefor this book is also not of the best in its sort, some mistakes in typing, font as well in language/translation can be found through out the book.
The images are of a poorer quality, yet still good enough to get a good and enjoyable impression of the paintings, yet it is worth the buy for starters, those who want to just want to get introduced.
However I must admit that books by Tashen, mostly in the same price rate, are of a much better quality in print and overall production, thus I suggest the books made and published by Tashen above these editions.

[Yaotl Altan · Rating 5 out of 5]

I liked a lot this collection of images of the French Impressionist Claude Monet, accompanied by biographical stories in 6 languages: Spanish, English, Italian, German, French and Dutch.

Monet took classes at the Swiss painter Charles Gleyre where he met Auguste Renoir. Much of his work was done outdoors, which implies a greater degree of difficulty due to additional factors to those that exist inside a studio: air gusts, sudden rain, variations in the sunlight, etc.

Chronologically, it shows the most representative works of the painter while giving a brief history of the origin of Impressionism.

288 pages published by the German publisher Könemann.

[Roxana Robles]

No sienta bien calificar este libro. La cantidad de texto que tiene es muy reducida y poco reveladora. El libro en sí aporta más con las pinturas del autor, por lo que sólo lo recomendaría como algo introductoria a Monet.

[Surfy · Rating 5 out of 5]

¡¡Que hermoso libro!!, ideal para desconectar.

Estoy fascinada con las pinturas de Monet. La mayoría me encantaron. Me leí el libro con mucha calma, disfruté de sus pinturas y de su particular estilo. ¡¡Un gran pintor sin duda!!

[Mistral Torres · Rating 4 out of 5]

Es un libro con un amplio catálogo de las obras de Monet (desde su juventud hasta su muerte) y unas entradas bibliográficas bien desarrolladas, pero, a mi gusto, muy cortas y poco detallistas.
El formato es muy agradable para la lectura.

[Karol Guerra · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excelente libro introductorio. Me encantó el tamaño y la calidad, por el precio que maneja toda la colección.
El único detalle es que tiene poco texto y además está distribuido de una manera un poco caótica.

[Jeske · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lekker luchtig informatief boek, gevuld met de prachtige werken van Monet. Een beknopte beschrijving van zijn leven een ontwikkelingen als kunstenaar.

[Rei · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked this one very much!
I think it's a good collection to get introduced into art with the painting along with a little biography along it. Wanna check the whole collection

[Alexandra Huckins · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed reading through this book and getting a deeper backstory to Claude Monet's life, as well as getting to see so many of his artworks.