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By: Murray, Elizabeth

Book annotation not available for this title.Title: Monet's Garens at GivernyAuthor: Murray, ElizabethPublisher: PomegranatePublication Date: 1990/06/01Number of Pages: Binding Type: PAPERBACKLibrary... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 087654586X
• ISBN13: 9780876545867
• Release Date: June 1990
• Publisher: Pomegranate Communications
• Length: 30 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.9" x 4.8"

Customer Reviews

From the Publisher

"Elizabeth Murray, photographer and author of Pomegranate's book 'Monet's Passion: Ideas, Inspiration and Insights from the Painter's Gardens,' has chosen thirty of her most appealing photographs of the Giverny gardens for this vibrant book of postcards. Various areas of the gardens, such as the water lily pond, the Grand Alle, and the tulip beds in front of Monet's house, are presented, with Murray's brief description on the back of each postcard. 30 color photographs. "Pomegranate's books of postcards contain thirty top-quality reproductions bound together in a handy, artful collection. Easy to remove and produced on heavy card stock, these stunning postcards are a delight to the sender and receiver. Note: postcards are oversized and may require additional postage. ISBN: 0-87654-586-X; size: 4 3/4 x 6 7/8"."--© Pomegranate

Art for post's sake...

This is a book of 30 stunning postcards of the Monet Gardens at Giverny. Perhaps the most famous gardens in the world, Monet's Gardens at Giverny are immortalised in the great Impressionist's paintings eagerly sought by collectors and musuems. This is not a collection of the paintings, but a collection of photographs of the gardens that inspired the paintings, gardens that have been maintained by loving care and attention of patrons and volunteers for the past century. Elizabeth Murray, the photographer of this collection, is herself a garden designer. She spent a year as a gardener at the Giverny gardens, and brings this personal knowledge to the selection of shots and subjects. Just as Monet highlighted particular flowers, trees, lily pads, and the famous Japanese bridge, so too does Murray's photograph collection make the immediate connection to Monet's paintings.Pink blossom cherry trees, green floating lily pads, English daisies in front of the shuttered house, the gardener's boat, and even Fifi, the calico cat who lives in the gardens, are subjects of the photographs. Some of the gardens are well manicured, and others are 'wild', free-growing areas. Murray took photographs during different times of the year, so as to get the effect of the seasons throughout the collection.These are wonderful postcards, but you won't want to mail them! Best to buy two copies, one for mailings to friends, and the other for one's own joy and pleasure.