Mary Cassatt (Pittsburg; 1844; ndash; Chacirc;teau de Beaufresne; 1926)Mary est neacute;e agrave; Pittsburgh. Son pegrave;re eacute;tait un banquier tregrave;s libeacute;ral en matiegrave;re deacute;ducation; et toute la famille semblait manifester une certaine sympathie pour la culture franccedil;aise.Mary navait pas plus de cinq ou six ans lorsquelle vit Paris pour la premiegrave;re fois; et elle eacute;tait encore adolescente quand elle deacute;cida de devenir peintre. Elle se rendit en Italie; puistourna ses pas vers Anvers; pour retourner agrave; Rome et finalement; revenir agrave; Paris; ougrave;; en 1874; elle sinstalla deacute;finitivement.En 1872; elle envoya ses premiegrave;res oeuvres au Salon ; dautres suivirent jusquen 1875; anneacute;e ougrave; elle envoya un portrait de sa soeur; qui fut refuseacute;. Elle devina que le jury navait pas aimeacute; larriegrave;re-plan; cest pourquoi elle le retravailla agrave; maintes reprises pour le renvoyer au Salon de lanneacute;e suivante; ougrave; il fut finalement accepteacute;. A ce moment-lagrave;; Degas lui demanda dexposer avec lui et ses amis du groupe des impressionnistes; dont la populariteacute; allait croissant; et elle accepta avec joie. Elle admirait Manet; Courbet; et Degas; et deacute;testait lart conventionnel. Son biographe insiste sur son intellectualiteacute; et ses sentiments; sur les eacute;motions et les nuances avec lesquelles elle peignait ses modegrave;le preacute;feacute;reacute;s : les beacute;beacute;s et leurs megrave;res. Il parle aussi de son inteacute;recirc;t particulier pour le dessin et sa maicirc;trise du trait; un don renforceacute; par son eacute;tude approfondie de lart japonais; imitant son style dans des gravures en couleur. Si son style puise agrave; diverses sources; en revanche son dessin; ses compositions; sa lumiegrave;re et ses couleurs; sont les siennes. Ses toiles possegrave;dent une certaine deacute;licatesse dont peut-ecirc;tre seule une femme est capable; mais les qualiteacute;s qui ont inscrit son oeuvre dans la posteacute;riteacute;; sont; elles; dune nature que seul un peintre extraordinaire peut produire.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Those giving the book 3 or fewer stars have not; in my opinion; fully appreciated James clear writing and personal opinions.By Bill GHaving just purchased the 5D Mark III; I was intimidated with the Instruction Manual. Before purchasing Johnsons book I read all the reviews for 1; 2; and 3 star reviews. I wanted to know why purchasers were so unhappy with the book. The biggest complaint was some thought his book was just a glorified manual and not worth the cost. Well I disagree! In the camera manual on pages 18 19 There are small drawings with all the buttons and dials labeled and in parentheses the page number describing that controls function. In Johnsons book there is a photo of the camera from every angle with everything labeled. I copied those pages and laminated them. For example; in the manual it labels the Main Dial (page 45). On page 45 are approximately 3 short paragraphs of very succinct information. In Johnsons book he devotes an entire page to describing; in easy to read logic; what it is; how it works; and how it relates to the operation of the camera. Its a good manual; and a terrific book. Well worth the price.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Lengthened instruction manual onlyBy Ted bookerThis is a lengthened instruction manual only. Dont buy it if you want tips and trick about how to use the camera. I wanted a book that elaborated more clearly than the instruction manual and thats what I got. No more; no less. It does a fine job of doing just that.5 of 5 people found the following review helpful. Put this book in the box with every cameraBy yelnatsI find the instruction manuals Canon includes with their cameras a challenge to read. James Johnsons guide to the Canon EOS 5D Mark III is a dream come true for me. His writing is clear and easy to read. Ive had my Mark III since it became available last year and have had questions that I didnt think would ever be resolved. Not anymore.
