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Robin Langley Sommer

Auteur van Atlas of World War II

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Robin Langley Sommer is a writer and editor specializing in architectural history, on which she has written ten previous books. A native of New York City, she has lived in Florida and Louisiana and now makes her home in Greenwich, Connecticut

Werken van Robin Langley Sommer

Atlas of World War II (1985) — Auteur — 287 exemplaren
De Arts and Crafts beweging (1995) 123 exemplaren
Picasso (1988) 75 exemplaren
Lost Europe: Images of a Vanished World (1997) — Redacteur — 37 exemplaren
America the Beautiful (1993) 35 exemplaren
Native American Art (1994) 35 exemplaren
Wisdom Of The Parables (1998) — Redacteur — 34 exemplaren
The old church book (1999) 32 exemplaren
History of American Architecture (1996) 29 exemplaren
The wonder of the miracles (1998) 28 exemplaren
The old house book (1999) 27 exemplaren
Pacific Northwest (1986) 24 exemplaren
The American House (2000) 24 exemplaren
Traditional Garden Décor (2001) 16 exemplaren
North American Indian Women (1998) 12 exemplaren
The Victorian House (1999) 11 exemplaren
The Life and Teachings of Christ (2004) 11 exemplaren
Mexico (1986) 9 exemplaren
Amercia's Heartland (2002) 8 exemplaren
America's Countryside (1988) 7 exemplaren
British Columbia (1987) 6 exemplaren
LITTLE BOOK OF CATS (1995) 5 exemplaren
Cupid's Arrow: Love Poems (1995) 5 exemplaren
New England (1993) 4 exemplaren
Pablo Picasso (Genius! Series) (1990) 4 exemplaren
Alberta (1987) 3 exemplaren
Recusal (2020) 2 exemplaren
TOYS OF OUR GENERATION (1992) 2 exemplaren
Cupids Arrow (1999) 1 exemplaar

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Art Nouveau is probably my favourite art movement, so when I spotted this book in a charity thrift shop I figured I would pick it up to try and get a better understanding of Art Nouveau’s preceding and overlapping movement: Arts and Crafts. Unfortunately, my reaction to this book was much the same as it often is with art books: bored and confused by the text, dissatisfied with the imagery, and overall underwhelmed. The text borders on academic, jumping from topic to topic throughout and name dropping artists with little reference to their actual work, so I inevitably quit reading to focus on the imagery - which is the most important part of an art book anyways. Unfortunately, the authors didn’t include nearly enough examples of artworks to satisfy me, and those that they did show were rather underwhelming. From the introduction, I figured that I would be able to enjoy the pieces because they were influenced by much of the same as those from Art Nouveau (albeit with less extravagance), but with few visual samples I was left wanting by the final pages. I’m not going to keep this book for my collection, but I think I’ll try to find some more books on the subject, since it’s an artistic movement I definitely feel like I should explore more.… (meer)
 
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JaimieRiella | Feb 25, 2021 |
A Guide to Familiar Latín Quotes and Phrases.
 
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vonFeigenblatt | Apr 8, 2020 |
This is one of the books that fueled my collector's bug early on. A Christmas present one of my boomer parents gave to the other, I must have pored over this hundreds of times. The text was light, but informative and the pictures tantalizing. I've gone on to collect many vintage toys that I first encountered in these pages.
 
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ManWithAnAgenda | Jan 29, 2020 |
Comphrehensive with excellent maps and sufficient supporting narrative
 
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jamespurcell | 1 andere bespreking | May 15, 2008 |

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Werken
51
Ook door
1
Leden
1,769
Populariteit
#14,556
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½ 3.4
Besprekingen
9
ISBNs
114
Talen
6

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