{"product_id":"one-hundred-portraits-artists-architects-writers-composers-and-friends","title":"One Hundred Portraits: Artists, Architects, Writers, Composers, and Friends","description":"Portraits by a master illustrator and engraver, Barry Moser.\n\nRenowned for having illustrated over 200 books for children and adults, Barry Moser, a member of the National Academy of Design, has created a number of new engravings for this collection of greatest portraits.\n\nRepresented are poets (John Keats, William Wordsworth, Sylvia Plath, William Shakespeare, Walt Whitman), authors (Charles Dickens, Edgar Allan Poe, Jane Austen, Mark Twain, Virginia Hamilton), composers (Frédéric Chopin, George Frideric Handel, Richard Wagner, Jean Sibelius), activists (Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, Martin Luther King), politicans and statesmen (Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, and artists (Jean Cocteau, Winslow Homer, William Blake, Rembrandt van Rijn), as well as Moser’s immediate family.\n\nIn the brief afterword, Moser discusses the sources for his portraits, including subjects of whom no accurate depictions exist, such as Chaucer. In those cases Moser utilized death masks, old photographs, and even ancient busts.\n\nPrinted on heavy matte paper, with spare titles including name, dates of birth and death, and occupation, One Hundred Portraits is a pleasure to study. The highly detailed engravings result in portraits of very expressive faces, and giving readers, according to Ann Patchett in the book's preface, “the chance to visit the people we were sure of and learn something more.”\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1567923666\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.1567923666.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Ann Patchett|Barry Moser\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact  including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43334862700605,"sku":"BVV.1567923666.G","price":32.12,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/1567923666-0.jpg?v=1783707912","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/one-hundred-portraits-artists-architects-writers-composers-and-friends","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}