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1 comments about The Forest and The Fort.

1. This novel is the first volume in a trilogy entitled "The Disinherited." It's set in Pennsylvania mainly right after Bouquet took Pittsburgh (Ft. Duquesne) from the French in 1763, and it reads better as history than fiction. A child who had been captured and raised by the Shawnee is now an aide to Col. Henry Bouquet at Ft. Pitt. Allen writes in a very autoritative, "manly" style that is appealing, but his varied scenes throughout western Pennsylvania seem more concerned with capturing a feeling for the area at the time of the story than with any sort of storyline or plot.

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2 comments about Two Worlds of Andrew Wyeth: A Conversation with Andrew Wyeth.

1. I found this book at friends' at least fifteen years ago, then I immediately ordered several other copies from the Metropolitan Museum in order to give them to the people I loved most. It introduced me to AW (unfortunately almost unknown in Europe) and to his unique vision as a contemporary painter, which reminded me of the same kind of emotion I had some time before, by viewing Terrence Malick's first two films : Bad Lands & Days of Heaven... A major book on a major artist in Magic Realism, who is a poet aswell, and a philosopher--not to mention the wonderful person to be discovered by reading this basic companion titled : Two Worlds of Andrew Wyeth.



2. If you want a better understanding of Wyeth's artistic process, this book is definitely for you. Wyeth's thoughtful and informative insights into the creation of his art are the reason this book is important. Despite Hoving's fawning and questions that lack depth, the book is a marvelous look at this artist's approach to a variety subjects. Wyeth explains with passion and depth why he chose different scenes, the gradual evolution of his concepts, and the reason a particular medium (watercolor, drybrush, tempera, etc.) was chosen to complete the work.
   Focusing on his work in Maine and Pennsylvania, Wyeth takes you through his process from first conceptual sketches to finished work, clearly relating his process to the reader in a concise and revealing manner. The emphasis here is on the art, with a wide variety of work discussed and displayed. The one flaw was the book could easily have been edited to eliminate the questions and allow Wyeth to ruminate unencumbered by the clumsiness of these interruptions.

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1 comments about Andrew Wyeth Dry Brush and Pencil Drawings.

1. From Front Jacket:
   
   "In the finished tempera paintings of so thoughtful an artist as Andrew Wyeth, there is bound to be some loss of the immediacy which is such an outstanding characteristic of his dashing watercolors. A painter cannot always invent directly on his canvas or panel. Quick sketches and working drawings are often a necessary preliminary. The pity is that students and the public so rarely see them. Because of their intimate nature and unfinished state, the artist almost invariably hides them away, or - even more regrettably - destroys them.
   
   For a number of reasons, therefore, the writer of this note was particularly pleased when Mr. Wyeth expressed his willingness to allow a considerable showing of his watercolor sketches, as well as a number of pencil drawings, because, with a few exceptions, they have never been exhibited before. By far the largest proportion of them are in Mrs. Wyeth's personal collection."
   
   - Philip Hofer, Curator of Printing and Graphic Arts, Harvard College Library