Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera

This book gave me a glimpse into Frida's life, the turmoil she must have constantly felt to love a man whose weakness was all women. I could almost feel her thoughts through the author's words. The ending brought me to tears. I wish I knew her. Once I started reading, I couldn't put this book down! thank you for a glimpse into Frida and Diego's lives.

Great images and an interesting read. Great information and images you'll look at again and again.

Very interesting book.

Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera is an intro for me to the artists themselves. While the information is new to me, I find the details lacking and spotty. The title itself implies both artists get an equal biographical treatment, but really, the book is entirely about her. I admit, I've considered Frida Kahlo an overrated artist who was a very self-centered person who tried to cling herself to Diego as much as she could. All I see of her work are self-portraits along with lots of suffering in forms of torture. So, she was pretty much in love with the idealized image of herself when in fact she didn't look like all that in real life. The authors make a mention very late in the pages that Frida rarely smiled, in fact never did in her paintings, is because she had bad teeth. Such instances like that occur in the book. It would have been useful to know early on. The analysis is pretty silly for me to read and sometimes reads like a 12th grade paper. Once again, there is so little background information of Diego Rivera, who is clearly the superior artist to Frida Kahlo. The only reason why Frida is known today is due to Diego. If not for him, she would have never existed. So, it is pretty disappointing to see so little of him in the book. My rating of '3' is due to the inclusion of the photos and the painting. All in all, there has to be a better book than Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera.

This book is a very good introduction to the tragic love story of Frida Kahlo and her husband, the famous Mexican muralist and womanizer Diego Rivera. It presents an insight into their stormy relationship and how it affected her personal life and her art. If you are just getting acquainted with Frida Kahlo this is a great "Frida Kahlo 101" book. It's very well written and easy reading. There are several color illustrations of works by both artists as well as several black & white photos. Although several illustrations of their works are included, there is very little discussion of the works....this book is, for the most part, biographical. And, yes, as another reviewer on Amazon.com pointed out, there are a few typos in the text, and some of the sentence structure is a bit "unusual" and there are a couple of facts that aren't quite right...but just overlook that and you'll find this book very interesting and informative.

This is a wonderful short collection of color prints and includes an account of the lives of two great artists, troubled though they were. For art lovers who don't love spending a fortune on their art books, this volume is a natural. I highly recommend it.

I'm baffled that a book can be published with so many typos and gross errors. Frida's name is even misspelled "Kahalo" in one place. It states her tragic accident happened on "17 December 1925" which it did not (it was September) and it says this twice. On the very next page it shows her diary entries discussing her pain from the injuries, the entries are dated October 1925 and on. I mean it's really distracting and totally unacceptable. Sentences were incomplete and you are left rereading and looking for the rest of the statement. Some of the sentences just didn't make any sense. I ended up reading with a pencil in hand to make corrections. As for the actual bio info, I agree it's interesting, but Frida and Diego were unquestionably fascinating people even in poorly written text. Thankfully I checked this out from our public library. I would NOT recommend this book to anyone. Get another bio from a different publisher. One that is reputable, responsible and does good work. I give it two stars for photo selection.

This book provides better than average insight into lives of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera. While people are now eagerly awaiting the Fall 2002 Selma Hayek movie on Frida, this book does provide some background into the world of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera. If you are unfamilar with these artists this book would be a good place to start.

i loved the size of the book, the way its made. good size to see and analyze the Kahlo's paintings. but i found very disappointing the fact, that book has mistakes. some facts were mentioned wrong. and the style of a book- i mean the language- is written as for a school children. didnt like that!