I am an undergraduate painting student who bought this book to have better images of Joan Snyders paintings than I can see online. I was totally satisfied by the quality of the images and the formating. The essays were fun to read, and the images of work represented a wide range of the artists developement.I'm the teachers assistant for a painting class at my college, and when I showed the teacher I assist this book she walked to her office and ordered a copy.I've only experienced Joan Snyders work through this book but it made me a braver painter.