From Library Journal
Edward Hopper's paintings, and photographs of the sites on which they are based, are the focus of Levin's book. This comparative view illustrates Hopper's compositional approach, his use of cropping, his exaggeration of the vertical or horizontal elements, and his simplifications, which Levin details. Further, the photographs tell us about Hopper, his watercolor and oil technique, and his subject preferences. The photographs themselves, taken in most cases several decades after the paintings were made, are equally illustrative of America's changing landscape. Though Hopper's Places will appeal to scholars and fans, the content is rather limited. Other monographs, including Levin's own ( Edward Hopper: the art and the artist , LJ 10/1/80) are much more illuminating. Douglas G. Campbell, Ctr. for Fine Arts, Warner Pacific Coll., Portland, Ore.
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Copyright 1985 Reed Business Information, Inc. --Ce texte fait référence à une édition épuisée ou non disponible de ce titre.
Rene Gernand, New York Times Book Review
"A rare opportunity to ponder how Hopper made the ordinary extraordinary. . . . To compare photographs of unmemorable structures with the saturate, intensely lighted paintings (most from private collections) is to see how realism is much more than mere depiction. Gail Levin, the former curator of the Edward Hopper collection at the Whitney Museum of American Art, has done an invaluable service in this book."
