Nest: An Artist's Sketchbook
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  • Absolutely breathtaking naturalist illustrations.
Nest: An Artist's Sketchbook
Maryjo Koch
Manufacturer: Stewart, Tabori and Chang
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ASIN: 1556708823

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Foreward by Gretel Ehrlich Created by award-winning illustrator and author Maryjo Koch, and with a foreword by celebrated naturalist Gretel Ehrlich, this luxurious, oversized volume is brimming with beautifully drawn four-color images of approximately 50 different species of birds--and their nests--from around the world.

For the first time ever in book form, here is comprehensive range of remarkable, lifelike illustrations of bird nests, eggs, and feathers rendered in actual size. Sure to delight bird watchers as well as lovers of art and nature, The Nest not only offers a close-up look at these fascinating creatures and their intricately woven homes but is a thoughtful study of natural forms and color as well. The handwritten text, pencil-etched details, and colorful watercolor and pen-and-ink art-all packaged in a deluxe format-give this lovely volume both the intimate feel of a bird watcher's field journal and artist's sketchbook. The wealth of drawings, field observations, and fascinating bird facts make this a useful reference and irresistible collectible.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars where is it?.......2006-08-27

I ordered this item on June 13 and still have not received it, two and a half months later. What's going on?

5 out of 5 stars The Nest, Maryjo Koch.......2002-12-05

The Nest, by Maryjo Koch is a delightful work revealing the spirit of her subject (birds/nests/eggs) with remarkable attention to artistic detail. The text (except publisher notes and the forward) are handwritten or hand-lettered . . . all with charming variety of style and movement.

On some of her drawings, she has left portions without color; thus, revealing the architecture of her black and white line art. At the side of several illustrations, she provides "brush smears" of colors with the name of the base paint colors used in the blends.

The book is a fascinating blend of ornithology and beautifully executed art.

5 out of 5 stars beautiful, for yourself or someone you love.......2002-08-03

This is a gorgeous book, a rare combination of art and information. It's the sort of book that people love but rarely buy for themselves. It makes a wonderful and unusual new-home gift.

5 out of 5 stars Exquisite.......2000-08-12

This exquisite book is perfect for those days when one can just lull in a hammock and enjoy nature. Maryjo Koch is a wonderful artist and naturalist. Her drawings are so lifelike you feel you could just reach down and pick up one of the beautiful bird's eggs that are in the book. The poems and quotations are an added plus. Wonderful book to have in a classroom to teach children about birds, their remarkable homes and nature.

5 out of 5 stars Absolutely breathtaking naturalist illustrations........1999-10-15

This book is not only informative but candy to the eye. Anyone who enjoys nature or nature illustration should not hesitate in purchasing this delightfully breathtaking nature journal.

Expressive!
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Expressive!
Paul Gauguin , Markus Bruderlin , Donald Kuspit , Francis Bacon , Georg Baselitz , Max Beckmann , Francesco Clemente , Ernst Ludwig Kirchner , Edvard Munch , Pablo Picasso , Egon Schiele , and Vincent van Gogh
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ASIN: 3775713034
Release Date: 2003-07-02

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The quality of expressiveness--an outcry of the human soul against the mechanization of life--runs like a red scar through the entire history of modern art and up to the present day. If expressionism is associated first and foremost with the German contribution to Modernism, evoking the artists associated with Die Brcke (Kirchner, Heckel and Nolde) and Der Blaue Reiter (Marc and Kandinsky), but also the Austrian Schiele and Kokoshka, and the Parisian fauves, it nevertheless goes further. Beginning with the fathers of expressionism, Gauguin, van Gogh and Munch, the most important inspirations for a movement laden with emotions and endowed with the furor of rebellion, the red scar bleeds through the expressive tendencies of the interwar artists (Beckmann, Soutine and Picasso) and the postwar artists (Dubuffet, de Kooning and Bacon), and all the way to neo-expressionism (Baselitz, Lpertz, Lassnig) and 80s neo-fauvism (Clemente, Basquiat and Disler), ending with Louise Bourgeois and Bruce Nauman. In accompanying essays, philosopher and art historian Donald Kuspit sets out to trace the meaning of the term "expressive"; curator Markus Brderlin explores expressionism by looking backwards from neo-expressionism; and numerous short texts round off the exploration by focusing on individual works of art.

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5 out of 5 stars Another equisite title to accompany a Fondation Beyeler exhibition!.......2005-08-16

The color reproductions are excellent, detailed text is easily read without flipping back and forth between pages, the scholarship is fine, and the book makes an excellent addition to current thoughts on expressionism. Plus, Amazon.com's discounts on fine art books are truly important in helping one build a great art library!
Max Beckmann
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Max Beckmann
Susanne Bieber , Barbara Buenger , Charles Haxthausen , Jill Lloyd , Nina Peter , Ortrud Westheider , Anette Kruszynski , Robert Storr , Max Beckmann , Leon Golub , Ellsworth Kelly , and William Kentridge
Manufacturer: The Museum of Modern Art, New York
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ASIN: 0870702416
Release Date: 2003-05-02

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Max Beckmann was among the greatest painters of the 20th century, yet no retrospective of his work has been mounted in the art capitals of New York, London, and Paris in over 30 years. Perhaps the lapse of attention has to do with the importance of abstraction in 20th-century art, and Beckmann's work is always figurative, simultaneously muscular and enigmatic and has enormous and unsettling power. Beckmann began his career as a naturalist and Symbolist in the period before World War I. After the war he developed a unique pictorial style that mixed expressionist color and gesture, mythological and mystical allegory, and the harsh new objectivity of his portrayal of modern life throughout the Nazi reign of terror. A prolific artist in painting, drawing, and printmaking--as well as a powerful sculptor--Beckmann created mysterious images and dense tableaux of unparalleled intensity and complexity during an odyssey that took him from his native Germany to Paris, Amsterdam, St. Louis, and New York. A new examination of Beckmann's role and reputation during the first half of the 20th century has been eagerly awaited. Making use of new scholarship and previously unavailable research materials, this book sheds light on Beckmann's work and his influence on and interactions with the artists of his day. Essays include discussions of Beckmann's Frankfurt cityscapes, his pictures from Italy, his triptychs, his group portraits, and his relationship with cultural politics in the 1920s and 1930s; texts and interviews by artists Leon Golub and Ellsworth Kelly; curator Robert Storr on "The Beckmann Effect"; and artist William Kentridge on Beckmann's Death. This sumptuous volume is published on the occasion of the retrospective exhibition mounted jointly by the Tate Modern, Centre Georges Pompidou, and The Museum of Modern Art, New York. It is the first comprehensive exhibition of Beckmann's work to be seen in the United States since 1984, and the first in New York since 1964.

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3 out of 5 stars comprehensive but...........2007-08-26

intelligent text and many illustrations, sadly however, none are in color. Beckmann deserves more.

5 out of 5 stars The definite Beckmann monography.......2007-04-26

This book is the catalogue for the largest Beckmann exhibition ever held, in 2003,at the Centre Pompidou, the Tate Gallery and the Moma. All the masterpieces of this great artist are illustrated and explained, following a clear chronology and putting them in the historical and social context in which they were created. High-quality texts (especially the analysis of Beckmann's influence on contemporary artists like P.Guston)make this an indispensable work. Highly recommended.
Max Beckmann: Dream of Life
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  • A new insight on a great artist
  • Beckmann /Klee
Max Beckmann: Dream of Life
Cornelia Homburg , Reinhard Spieler , and Max Beckmann
Manufacturer: Hatje Cantz Publishers
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ASIN: 3775716955
Release Date: 2006-06-01

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Description: "Art serves understanding, not entertainment," reads one of Max Beckmann's dictums. Beckmann's oeuvre, widely acknowledged to be some of the most significant German art of the twentieth century, contains a wealth of existential and contemporary historical convictions and questions. This representative selection of some 60 figurative paintings done between 1917 and the artist's death in 1950 unfolds the entire panorama of his career, from violent works reflecting the shock of war to pieces from his later years in New York, from the Cubism and Expressionism of his youth to the Symbolism of his later age. The Dream of Life sheds new light on the development of Beckmann's techniques, ideas and central themes: cabaret, music, the world of the theater, dreams and reality, sensual settings and the role of the female muse, as well as his unusual use of romantic visual motifs in landscapes and urban contexts. The authors focus on conceptual aspects of Beckmann's work which have heretofore been neglected.

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4 out of 5 stars A new insight on a great artist.......2007-04-21

This book is the catalogue for an exhibition held at the Zentrum Klee in Bern, Switzerland, in 2006. The idea of the exhibition, as pointed out in the beginning of the book, was to confront Beckmann's art to Klee's (the museum's Klee holdings are the largest in the world).This idea is not present here, since the catalogue is entirely centered on Beckmann, leaving Klee out.

It is a good survey of Beckmann's art, divided in several themes (Beckmann and music, Beckmann and the circus, Beckmann and women, Beckmann and nature...)and enables the reader to view some rarely seen aspects of the artist's oeuvre (I, for one, did not know he had painted still lives), as well as some of his celebrated self-portraits. One shortcoming, though: the quality of the illustrations could have been better.

5 out of 5 stars Beckmann /Klee.......2007-01-05

This is a very elegant book.first rate reproductions in color. The text type is easy on the eyes. This is a catalogue for an exhibition of Beckman in the new Klee museum in Berne Suisse.The locals were somewhat aghast at Beckmann coming to the Klee museum. The curators had no trouble seeing similarities in the two artists work. Both were fans of theater. Beckmann wrote some plays himself. He was interested in Shakespeare ,as well as the circus.The comparison/contrast of Klee-Beckmann is the first chapter of the book.Other chapters are about his interest in music. His love of the carnival and circus. The chronology in the back of the book goes into many details of the artist's career. He sought beautiful ,talented wealthy women to advance socially. After he married Quappi he was accepted into advanced social circles in Frankfurt.I have several books on Beckmann and one a book of his landscapes ,a catalogue of the show at the Forum gallery that I saw in Vienna has work that isn't in any other book. Beckmann's "A Dream Of Life" has a few landscapes that are new to me as well.This book is well worth the Amazon price.It isn't so big that you can't read it while in bed.So, many art books might look good on a cocktail table but , when you want to read it you need to go to a library table.Another feature I liked is the addition of Beckmann's reading list...with commentary about the books by Tilman Osterwold.
Max Beckmann (Modern Masters Series, Vol. 19)
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    Peter Selz
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    Max Beckmann: Exile in Amsterdam
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    Max Beckmann: Exile in Amsterdam
    Felix Billeter , Christian Lenz , Marco Pesarese , Beatrice von Bormann , Christiane Zeiller , and Max Beckmann
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    ASIN: 3775718389
    Release Date: 2007-07-01

    Book Description

    Between 1937 and 1947, while he was in exile in Amsterdam, the German-born painter Max Beckmann (1884-1950) made approximately a third of the work he would create in his lifetime. When he moved on, it was to accept an appointment as a professor at Washington University in St. Louis. Before that peacetime respite, he countered Europe's threatening instability with intense concentration. Max Beckmann in Amsterdam opens with the last work he completed in Germany, a triptych titled Versuchung (Temptation), and dedicates the balance of its pages to the paintings and drawings from his years in Holland. These widely varied responses to his immediate historical and biographical situation show horror of developments in Nazi Germany and constant physical and mental tension created by his wartime surroundings. As a body of work, Beckmann's Amsterdam portfolio is not only of great importance in understanding his motivations and methods, and in itself a record of the most productive phase in his life, but also a critical examination of a crucial moment in twentieth-century history.

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    5 out of 5 stars Ten crucial years in the life of Beckmann.......2007-08-20

    This catalogue accompanies an exhibition held in Amsterdam and Munich, centered on the ten years the artist spent in exile in Amsterdam (1937-1947), after being banned by the nazi regime in Germany. Many of his best works (triptychs, self-portraits, portraits of his wife) were painted during that period.

    Each work is wonderfully illustrated and an enlightening explanation is placed next to every illustration. This book is of great help in that it succeeds in deciphering some of Beckmann's most difficult paintings, as for example, the thriptych entitled "the Temptation of Saint Anthony", giving the roots and the sources that inspired the artist.

    Also very well described in the essays in the beginning of the book, is the changing attitude of the artist in the face of the historical events that were tragically changing his life and his country at the time.

    The book ends with photographs of all the places frequented by Beckmann during his stay in Amsterdam (his various homes, the grocery store where he used to shop...) and a very clear chronology placing Beckmann's life next to the historical events he went through.

    Highly recommended.
    Self-Portrait in Words: Collected Writings and Statements, 1903-1950
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      Self-Portrait in Words: Collected Writings and Statements, 1903-1950
      Max Beckmann
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      German expressionist painter Max Beckmann, whose paintings were influenced by horrific scenes he witnessed as a medical orderly in World War I, was eventually labeled a "degenerate artist" by the Nazis and forced to flee his homeland. In this collection of essays, speeches, and letters, Beckmann emerges as a deeply intelligent and sensitive observer of the world. Of particular note are writings from the battlefields of 1915, and some of his instructional comments to students from his time spent teaching in the United States in the late 1940s.

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      One of the most important German artists of the twentieth century, Max Beckmann is known for the depth and sensuous force of his works, but little is known about his personal life. Self-Portrait in Words reveals Beckmann's experience of life from the first years of his career in Berlin and Paris through his final years in the United States. This collection of Beckmann's writings serves as a companion to his art and a testament to the complexities of his life.

      "Barbara Copeland Buenger . . . has done an excellent job of editing and annotating Beckmann's voluminous private and public writings."—Andrea Barnet, New York Times Book Review
      Max Beckmann and the Self (Pegasus Library)
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        Wendy Beckett , and Max Beckmann
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        ASIN: 3791328778

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        As original as he was prolific, German artist Max Beckmann produced nearly a thousand works in a career that spanned two world wars. This beautifully produced volume uses Beckmann's own words as an introduction to the artist's creative expression and his unwavering search for the self.

        Beckmann struggled throughout his life to define his identity through his paintings. He started out as an ambitious and self-confident young artist, went through a horrific stint as a medical orderly in World War I, and then became an exile in Holland and the United States. Through her careful analyses of more than fifty works, Sister Wendy illuminates Beckmann's use of symbolism as well as the strong thematic strains of his paintings and triptychs. The artist's bold use of color and line are in brilliant evidence in numerous full-color reproductions, and an extensive biography as well as several photographs offer additional insight into this strong creative presence who never failed to challenge himself or his audience with his art.
        Max Beckmann (Masters of Art Series)
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          Max Beckmann (Masters of Art Series)
          Stephan Lackner
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          ASIN: 0810931095

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          Another title from The Crown Art Library, the most useful monographs available on a wide range of significant artists. Each volume is written by an internationally recognized authority and is generously illustrated with full-color reproductions of the artist's paintings and two-color reproductions of sketches and line drawings.
          Max Beckmann: Memories of a Friendship
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            Stephan Lackner
            Manufacturer: Univ of Miami Pr
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            Max Beckmann On My Painting
            Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
            • Beckmann's theory of painting
            Max Beckmann On My Painting
            Max Beckmann
            Manufacturer: Tate
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            ASIN: 1854374567

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            Max Beckmann (1884-1950) is widely regarded as one of the most important figurative painters of the last 100 years, and On My Painting is one of the key texts essential for understanding his work. Composed in 1938, it was read by Beckmann at the opening of the 20th-Century German Art exhibition in London, a riposte to the Degenerate Art exhibition that Hitler held to pillory the work of Beckmann and other figures of the avant-garde. In his lecture, Beckmann outlined his artistic as well as his moral and spiritual vision, providing a unique insight into his complex work.

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            4 out of 5 stars Beckmann's theory of painting.......2006-12-30

            If you are a fan of Beckmann this a must read.Beckmann goes counter to todays direction,with its empahsis on formal qualities: minimalism. He stresses content and that means subject matter.Beckmann's formal attributes come out of traditional German art.He tells you why ,he paints.He didn't have a difficult art life: his work in Germany found early acceptance.His work as an ambulance driver in WW1 scarred his vision of the world. After a period of recovery from mental problems due to the war. He led a stable life. He came to the U.S after the Nazis were seeking him in the Netherlands. He taught at the Brooklyn Museum school and Washington University in St. Louis Mo.He tried to compete with Picasso. He kept a keen eye on Pablo's work.Max still enjoys a big reputation.He never lost his visual German accent!

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