Gifts for Artists
Posted by Sarah
It may be true that we're experiencing one of the worst heatwaves in recent history, but inside Watercolor Magic headquarters, it's just about time for the holidays. We've been rounding up gifts for our annual guide and testing/playing with them in the office. You'll have to wait for the December issue to see our picks for the year's best gifts for watercolor artists, but there's one item I can share with you now. I'd hoped to include it in the guide, but I wasn't able to get my hands on it quite early enough: the audiobook of
by Ross King, read by "master of accents" Tristan Layton.
Here's a little press on the book: A tale of many
artists, it revolves around the lives of two, described as “the two
poles of art”—Ernest Meissonier, the most famous and successful painter
of the 19th century, hailed for his precision and devotion to history;
and Edouard Manet, reviled in his time, who nonetheless heralded the
most radical change in the history of art since the Renaissance.
I decided to test the audiobook on my commute to and from work and found myself lingering a little too long in parking lots and driveways. If you're looking for a way into the stories of these artists' lives (and the politics of the time) that lands a little on the chatty and novelistic side, this is the gift for you. Consider using it on your trip to the beach rather than your commute, though. It is not a short story.
Audio Renaissance has the audio book available in an abridged (6 CDs, 7 hours) and unabriged (13 CDs, 16.5 hours) format.
Overheard
8/10/2007 2:27:02 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00) 
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