1969 Lancia Flaminia Marica, Ghia.
By Pete Vack
Tom Tjaarda, Master of Proportion by Gautam Sen
ISBN 978-1-85443-313-8
Dalton Watson, 2021
473 Pages, 825 images
$150 plus shipping
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Gautam Sen has established himself as one of the foremost historians of automotive stylists. In 2016, Sen completed Marcello Gandini, Maestro of Design, the massive, 800-page study of the cars of Gandini. In doing so he set the standard for books about automotive designs and designers, providing an in-depth study of each project, furthermore urging Gandini himself to come forth and assist in describing each one of his masterpieces. This was followed by The Bertone Collection with Michael Robinson in 2018 which covered more of Bertone’s masterworks.
With his most recent book, Tom Tjaarda, Master of Proportions, Sen follows the same formula, taking each subject, drawing, prototype or production car as a separate chapter and explaining who prompted the project, how it emerged and when, defines the technical and artistic parameters, and where possible, researches what happened to the car, who owned it and where it is today. With each chapter Sen leaves nothing to the imagination, no question unanswered. Gautam Sen’s formidable knowledge and his ability to convey massive details in an interesting manner without deviating from the topic can only be compared to that of Karl Ludvigsen. [Read more…] about Tom Tjaarda, Master of Proportion Reviewed