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Title: A Very, VERY Shoddy Klimt Book
Review: Despite an interesting introductory essay by Christian Brandstaetter, there is practically no reason to get this book. The reproductions are murky, the colour balance is yellowish and the images themselves are cropped badly; Klimt's paintings in particular are mangled by bad cropping and lousy colour reproduction throughout the book. Virtually all the images in this book have been seen over and over - and in much better shape. Even as an exploitation of the Klimt boom, this book is a mess. The book is titled "Klimt and Fashion" yet the cover is a work by Egon Schiele - from there, it's all downhill. Oh, and the book is small and skimpy, so not only are the pictures scuzzy, there aren't even many of them.
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