Gemauml;szlig; den etablierten kunsttechnischen Grundsauml;tzen sollte ein Portrauml;t vor allem ein naturgetreues Abbild der portrauml;tierten Person darstellen. Im Laufe der Geschichte hat sich dieses Genre jedoch als weitaus komplexer erwiesen als es diese Richtlinie; die eine simple Nachahmung der Natur vorzuschreiben scheint; ausdruuml;cken kouml;nnte. Das vorliegende Buch illustriert anhand einer umfangreichen Galerie von 1000 Portrauml;ts diese historische Entwicklung und bemuuml;ht sich daruuml;berhinaus; dem umfangreichen Genre der Portrauml;tmalerei gerecht zu werden.Denn das Portrauml;t ist mehr als die bloszlig;e Nachahmung der Natur und muss uuml;ber eine bloszlig;e Zurschaustellung der Fauml;higkeiten seines Schouml;pfers hinausgehen. So prauml;zise und naturgetreu es auch sein mag; muss das Portrauml;t vor allem der Vorstellung des Kuuml;nstlers sowie der des Auftraggebers gerecht werden; ohne dass dabei die Erwartungen einer der beiden Parteien enttauml;uscht werden. Die hier ausgewauml;hlten Portrauml;ts; diese stummen Zeugen ihrer Zeit; sind deshalb mehr als nur die Gesichter historischer Figuren oder unbekannter Personen; sie enthuuml;llen eher psychologische Tiefe als Identitauml;t; illustrieren Allegorien;dienen politischer und religiouml;ser Propaganda und spiegeln die vergessenen Brauml;uche lauml;ngst vergangener Epochen wider. Mit einer wahrhaft eindrucksvollen Auswahl an Meisterwerken der Portrauml;tmalerei; begleitenden Kommentaren und biografischen Texten prauml;sentiert dieses Werk eine umfangreiche Analyse verschiedenster Bildnisse; die dem Leser die Welt der Portrauml;tmalerei erouml;ffnen wird; einem Genre; das nicht nur effektiv die Entwicklung der Gesellschaft widerspiegelt; sondern auch die Kunstgeschichte uuml;ber dreitausend Jahre hinweg maszlig;geblich beeinflusst hat.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Good overview of Berwyn historyBy D. NovakIt is hard for any book about a city to cover everything; and this little paperback does a very nice job of hitting all of the high points. The photos are great and the historical background is rich and complete. It takes the reader from the earliest days of settlement by the Czechs and moves us up to the present time when we find Berwyn is largely Hispanic. The reasons why are briefly explained. The book is well-organized and easy to read. I loved seeing all the photos of my old town; but wish the author would have put more focus on pictures of the area around the west side of Berwyn; around Cermak and Oak Park Avenue. I wanted to see photos of Tumas and Presto and Andes Candies and Buds card shop and the old Chinese restaurant. Maybe even Seneca Restaurant. Also missing are photos of Arts Toys and Two Sisters dress shop and Imperial Camera. There was a great old park with a fountain and pond at Oak Park Avenue and Riverside Drive that might have been included also. But again it is just not possible to include everything and no claim is made that this little book is a complete encyclopedia. It does a good job of bringing back memories and it is fun to see old streetcars and such. I would recommend the book and simply hope that other people wishing to again see these old places I mentioned earlier have vivid images that linger in their memories. For they are all long gone now...0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. New Berwyn resident hereBy Chris BI recently moved to Berwyn because of their huge stock of Chicago Bungalows. i bought this because I thought it would be a really nice coffee table book. Even though I am a brand-new resident; I have a lot of "Berwyn Pride." This book took me through a visual history of the town and I made my way from cover to cover in no time because it was so interesting. I caught myself looking up the addresses of the houses in the book because I wanted to see what they looked like now. It is one of 5 books on my table and everyone who comes into my house picks this one up first!3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Very EnjoyableBy P.A.Since my husband and I grew up in Berwyn as well as my father before us; we have found this book to be a wistful stroll down memory lane and we learned some surprising facts about the community. Berwyn is a unique city with a very rich; very American story. It was and still is a wonderful place to live! Many thanks to the author Douglas Deucher and the other folks responsible for compiling this tome. Also a huge kudos to Arcadia publishing for their many other historical titles that our family has enjoyed.
