Reviews for Catalogue of the Library of the Chicago Law Institute

The average rating for Catalogue of the Library of the Chicago Law Institute based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2021-05-08 00:00:00 Kimberlee Lister This is a souvenier book for the Picasso Museum purchased in the museum's gift shop. For Picasso fans (and art lovers, in general) this museum is a gem tucked away in scenic Carrer de Montcada in Barcelona. My copy (purchased in 2018) has a different cover than what is shown - Picasso's oil painting, Waiting (Margot) from 1901. This book is a nice sampling of the art housed in the museum, complimented by some of Picasso's greatest hits (e.g., Guernica) housed in other museums. The accompanying biography is brief, sufficient for casual fans. More exhaustive biographies are also available to the museum's gift shop. At times I felt like I was reading more about Picasso's relationships than necessary, but I guess that's one of the noteworthy aspects of the artist's life. The art reproductions are of good quality and show detail where necessary. This is a decent summary of the museum's collection, and it will serve to remind me in years to come of my experience at this fine museum.

Review # 2 was written on 2010-09-27 00:00:00 DAVID LAMPARSKI Picasso is most known for his cubism but a visit to the Barcelona museum is a surprising and fascinating journey through his complete creation. I understood his genius for the first time. He was not the slave of any particular current, not even of modernism. He used a broad range of styles with obvious ease. Amazing drawings, flavours of impressionism, even pointillism and pastel do reveal an outstanding talent playing on canvas and delighting on expressing himself. You can see he is not struggling to paint something in a certain or acceptable way. He is simply in control, above all that was produced before him and yet proposing something new. His oeuvres are a history of art in themselves. I find difficult to use words for describing the visual amazement experienced trough his collection. His definition for Cubism is fascinatingly simple: ''...a way of expressing what our eyes and minds perceive, with all the possibilities that drawing and colour contain in their own qualities. In it we find a source of unexpected pleasure, of discoveries....'' I would extend this to define art in general, the details of different styles remaining a matter of personal taste.