Poor reproductions. Why
921816
Poor reproductions. Why? The book is printed on cream paper instead of clear white. When the color images are printed, they become less distinct and the colors are less vibrant because the photography takes in the color of the original art paper. When you add the color of the naturally aged paper of the original artwork and add it to cream paper, you get cream x2. A good book designer would know this, but this one trying to make a cute souvenir book and shame on the Tate for accepting it.
It took MONTHS for the seller to ship. Not kidding. Too much trouble to return. Poorly packed when it was sent.
Oh, if you doubt the review and you order the book anyway, compare the printed illustration on the front to anything inside. The difference in clarity is astounding. A poor tribute to a great painter. I will say this though; I get a kick out of the recto pages being printed. It is, after all, supposed to be a true representation of the sketchbooks and printing both sides is currently an accepted practice. To do that and yet fail at the most important goal is a total waste of paper, time and my money.
2641355
The colors are not vibrant at all; they appear washed out and dull; an extremely poor reproduction
2122562
After receiving it I went back to Amazon to verify that the black and white pictures were original.  It appears that the pages were photocopied and the picture quality is poor at best.
573091
This book is a treasure for the reasons described by the other favorable reviewers. However, the images are all printed in black-and-white and the reproduction quality is poor, especially because the images are reduced to fit in a small book. All of this really works against the author's recommendations for using the book.

The author narrates a guided journey through the image, highlighting details that reflect each chapter's Zen tenet. Unfortunately, I often have to squint to find those details--or give up and just take the author's word for it.

The author also suggests that you keep the book open nearby as you meditate in order to view the image during your practice. But here again the book itself doesn't cooperate: it doesn't lay flat and it's too small to keep the image realistically visible even if you place it on the floor near your meditation cushion. I wedge the book beneath my knees and glance down at the image but clearly this could be a much more satisfying experience with a larger-format book.

I'd love to see this book re-printed in a larger form that could be rolled like a scroll (for backpackers and such).

Meanwhile, I also suggest that fellow novices interested in meditating with Zen art do this:  go ahead and buy this book--it's affordable, concise, accessible, and thoughtful.  Practice its approach, but also purchase a large, full-color printing of some Zen-inspired artworks by, for example, some of the haiku poets used in this one.
1548815
I purchased this print in hopes that I could hang it in my home, however: I will not be doing that due to the poor quality of the print. The image is warped and distorted and the color is so poor that many of the faces are blotted out. I can distinguish the different pixels in the image. It appears as though somebody blew it up on a computer and printed it off. This concerns me because I know that this image is copyrighted and I am unsure of how legitimate this remake is.
597343
Returned this item. The image quality in the book are poor. The images on the website and movie are great.
3977657
Although I'm happy with seeing the paintings, the reproductions of the painting is not good quality.  Though I knew there would be no English, I'd hoped for a translation to a language I'm familiar with such as German, Spanish or French.
3900342
I was extremely disappointed with this reproduction of the 1950 edition in that a total of 19 plates were missing or cut off, and 7 photographs were missing or cut off.  As this is a 'how to' book this rendered many of the techniques difficult or impossible to follow.  I returned this book for a refund rather than a replacement in case others were faulty as this obviously was a production problem and being already out of pocket due to shipping expenses did not want to exacerbate the problem.
3821788
I preordered this book back in May, and I anxiously awaited its arrival, just a week ago. I am a professional artist, and Howard Terpning has been my idol for many, many years back, when I was just an amateur. Howard Terpning's paintings dazzle me, and I have several of his prints, 3 on canvas. I also have 2 other books of his work. I have to say that I agree with the other reviewer who took away 1 star because the reproductions in the book could have been much better, and are much better in my other 2 books. I was really disappointed with them in this book. If the reproductions had been better, I would give it 5 stars over, if I could. Now, I can honestly tell you that the reproductions in this book leave something to be desired, because many of them are in my other 2 books, and the side-by-side comparisons really show the poor quality of this book, so I have taken away 2 stars for that reason. It is still a good book, though, and I would recommend it for its content about Howard Terpning and his art.
1529468
Great art work, but there is a reason for the low cost. Double-sided pages on poor quality paper. However, of you've a copy machine handy and some better paper, problem solved. :)
3177317
Plates are not of expected quality, and tracing is not good.  Faces have no support under base so don't show well on paper.  Try as we did with different things to get a good picture we were not able to . . Ordered a vintage 1978 To my off of eBay, love it!
4212677
It's a poor reproduction of the original book, Harmony of Nature. It appears the pages are slightly reduced photo copies of the originals, not positioned properly for binding into a book.
348989
This book must be a privately published reproduction. Quality of images very poor.
3804064
The quality of the book is very poor because the other copies I saw have a far better quality. I think Amazon has to improve on this aspect.
2825600
I was interested in this book for the variety of images and planned to use it for course material.  The quality of the reproduced images I found to be inadequate, and so I didn't read the text.  It looks like an interesting book, but if you are going to base a book on visual images the reproductions need to be good enough to see the details, especially of the larger scale maps.
4263211
The color  of the reproductions is poor and cheap. A page started tearing out from the binding the first time I first opened the book
2679877
Breathe taking content is rendered so poorly due to the exceptionally bad print quality. The feel is that of a 90's twice removed colour photocopy. I will be returning this.