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Diego Rivera, The Complete Murals Reviews

Customer Rating:
Summary: Zlatko
Comment: It doesn't get any better than this. I first saw the book at a friend's house and could not get home fast enough to order it. Couldn't wipe the smile off my girlfriends face when the book arrived addressed to her. We still look through it every day. Brilliant!

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Breathtaking
Comment: This book is worth every penny spent. I didn't realize that the book would be so big in size. This book shows all of the works by Rivera. An amazing book for a coffee table. I see something new each time I look through it. This book is a must for a Diego Rivera art lover.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Diego Rivera Complete Murals
Comment: This product is fantastic! It's not a book for the light weight as it is physically heavy to hold. However due to its enormous size, it means you get to see all Rivera's amazing detail close up.

The commentary is interesting and informative about the history and politics that influenced Rivera's art. Seeing the vast number of murals he painted in his lifetime in one book, makes one appreciate his skill and patience.

My one criticism - the excessive packaging by Amazon. It arrived in a massive box full of plastic - this really was unnecessary and I hope Amazon will reduce the amount of packaging it uses.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: It doesn't get any better
Comment: Taschen's XL art series is wonderful in it's own right but this just might be the best they've yet produced. This enormous tome is superb in it's execution. The picture quality is the absolute best and several of the murals are presented as foldouts allowing the rich colorful images to pop off the page. Copious amounts of information, including photos and diagrams are included to give the history and make-up of the pieces even more depth. If you have the money and the space this is the best book on Rivera that you will find.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Fantastic!
Comment: I own several books on Diego Rivera, this new Taschen book is the only one I'd ever need. It's HUGE with to start with, then it has nearly poster sized fold-out illustrations, beautifully crisp close ups of his murals (yes, all of them). The book also includes some of his easel paintings, although the emphasis is on his mural work plus preliminary drawings. If only there was such a book on the rest of my favorite painters, this one is a milestone in art-book publishing, period. Like it's tailor made for artists, and a bargain at the price.

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