About Rothko
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About Rothko
by Authors:
Dore Ashton
Released: 03 June, 2003
ISBN: 0306812649
Paperback
Sales Rank: 763,621
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Customer Review #1:
 definitive
The definitive book on Mark Rothkos work, by one of his closest friends. Ashton gets as close as she can to a very elusive, contradictory person. The book requires the same kind of sublime imagination that Rothkos paintings - his "children," as he often called them - require. Those without soul should pass this book by.
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Customer Review #2:
Quality vs Quantity
The most intelligent and sensitive writing on Rothkos painting and thinking. Dore Ashton continues to be the most perceptive individual representing painters and their concerns. She is an amateur in the true sense - L. amator - lover, fr. amare - to love. Would that more writers on painting share her imagination, enthusiasm and integrity.
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Customer Review #3:
 I thought it was about something else!
Seriously I did. The first time I saw a Rothko painting was at the SFMoMA. It covered an entire wall of the room and was the biggest thing on canvas I have ever seen. I was hoping that Dore Ashtons book would give me an insight into the meaning and style of Rothko, but rather, it seemed to be a biography of the man rather than a critism of the work. I suppose thats partially my fault since Im sure there quite a bit of art critism books out there on Rothko...unfortunately, the historical presentation of the book isnt really all that interesting. I guess in the end, the big picture is that Rothko was deeply influenced by his Marxist experiences because thats what I got from Ashtons book. On a side note, Dore Ashton writes for Modern Painter magazine, which is actually a good magazine.
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