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=) Amazon did a great job with the pricing as well as the shipping. Of all the things she received (laptop,iphone, etc)., she sat for hours looking through this book that night, not even getting into other things yet. The weight is substantial. Great job Amazon. I would recommend this book to anyone even remotely interested in Salvador Dali. It covers Dali's entire life and every painting, drawing, sketch he ever did. Presents it very nicely in the sleeve.
Shipping being little to nothing. You will learn just about anything you want to know from this book.and probably even a little more. I bought this for my sister for Christmas, hoping she would like it and she did. It splits it up into 2 books that are held together in a sleeve, which is nice so you are not holding a ginormous, heavy as heck book. I purchased an engraved compact for my mother for xmas and the shipping on that was way more than these books that weigh either 8 or 11 pounds, I forget.
I highly recommend it. Two volumes for the price that they sell for are almost a steal. This 25th Taschen edition is one of the best I have ever seen. The size is perfect, not too small but also not too big. I could easily see this edition sell for double that price.
His work is so intricate, everytime you look at one of his paintings, you'll find something you didn't see before. I've spent many, many hours going through both volumes. I highly recommend these books. This box set is truly amazing. Like previous reviews have said it's more of an encyclopedia, but it's full of paintings and even work from his sketch books. I was a Fine Arts major in college, and used this set to cite many papers.
The only problem was that the package arrived broken as they were not properly packed.
Salvador Dali 2vThis is the only Dali books you will ever need, I bought this not only for the beauty of Dali's art but also for some good sources for writing a term paper. This is the best $40 I have ever invested and rate this the best art book i have ever owned.
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