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Gil Elvgren: All His Glamorous American Pin-Ups [Hardcover]

Charles G Martignette Dr. (Author), Louis K Meisel (Author)
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Release Date: April 1 2008 | Series: Taschen 25th Anniversary Special Editions
Post-depression America was in desperate need of a defining iconography that would lift it out of the black and white doldrums, and it came in theform of Gil Elvgren's Technicolor fantasies of the American dream. His technique-which earned him a reputation as "The Norman Rockwell of cheesecake"-involved photographing models and then painting them into gorgeous hyper-reality, with longer legs, more flamboyant hair and gravity-defying busts, and in the process making them the perfect moral-boosting eye-candy for every homesick private.

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"Glamour is back... TASCHEN offers us a look back at these calendar and advertisement goddesses of which Gil Elvgren is king." erotisme-fr.com, France"

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Louis K. Meisel is owner and manager of one of the oldest contemporary art galleries in Soho, New York. He has published monographs on Charles Bell and Richard Estes, as well as the books Photorealism and Photorealism Since 1980. Charles G. Martignette is an art dealer, art historian, journalist, and writer. Pictures from his collection have been exhibited in the Smithsonian Institution as well as many other American and European museums.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Pin Up Art Jan 8 2012
By Walter Pen
Format:Hardcover
Very satisified with condition of book. The delivery time was fast and prompt, considering the high volume of mail during this holiday season.
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Amazon.com: 4.7 out of 5 stars  53 reviews
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5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting Book July 19 2008
By R. Callicotte - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
I'm still studying and reading through it, but it has an interesting magic that's missing in many of today's similar subjects - innocence.
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4.0 out of 5 stars gil elvgren July 2 2010
By hadouken - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
Cheap book with almost every work he has ever done, almost perfect, only flaw is on some of the really old stuff from the 30's and 40's they only had old calendars to
xerox from so you dont get the detail of the brush strokes and the same clarity as the others, not low quality, still clear and can see everything nicely, but just not as perfect as the others that were actual photos of the original work or high quality copies.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent example of professional painting using airbrush and brush itself Aug 22 2011
By Jaime Rodríguez Härtel - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
For an artist it is important to have a collection of perfect Pin-Ups paintings, as a way of learning how modern art can combine airbrush and brush. I think that people interested in developing Graphic Design by Computers and also learn a lot from this beautiful collection.
Thank you
Jaime Rodríguez Härtel
pensionmath@yahoo.com
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