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Title: Picasso (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists) by Mike Venezia ISBN: 0-516-42271-5 Publisher: Children's Press Pub. Date: September, 1988 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.67 (6 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The diverse and prolific art career of Pablo Picasso
Comment: Well, if there is one artist who is perfect for Mike Venezia's "Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists" series it would have to be Pablo Picasso. Venezia comes to a key point about Picasso right off the bat, comparing a 1896 painting "The Altar Boy," done when Picasso was 15 with "Boy in Sailor Suit with Butterfly Net" done when he was 57 in 1938. Of course the first is done in a realist mode and the second is abstract. In fact, Venezia would be hard pressed to identify all of the different styles in which Picasso painted over the course of his career, but he does try. Venezia is able to focus on Picasso's Blue Period as the point where his work finally became different from anyone else's. We also look at the Rose Period and Cubism, with a lengthy section devoted to Picasso's most powerful and serious painting, "Guernica." However, the most insightful part of the book is when we see Piccaso's "Portrait of Jaime Sabartes as a Spanish Grandee" with another portrait done from a photograph. The comparison shows that although the painting was abstract, he still managed to make it look like the real person.
This book certainly serves as a decent introduction for young readers to the life and art of Picasso. The problem is that we are talking about one of the most prolific and diverse artists in the history of art and 32 pages is simply not enough space to do the subject justice. Venezia provides enough specifics about a few of the paintings to constitute some first steps in the direction of real art appreciation. There are 16 paintings by Picasso reproduced in this book, which are about how many are seen behind the artist in the picture of Picasso in his studio that opens the book. As always with Picasso, the most interesting thing will be to see which "style" youngers decide is best after reading this book.
Rating: 4
Summary: This book is about...
Comment: This book was about a painter. The book is non-fiction. Picasso was in his teens when he started painting. He painted lots of famous pictures. One of his paintings was 12 feet high and 25 feet wide. He painted it because he was mad about people dying in the civil war in Spain. He likes to move noses and body parts around in his paintings. I liked learning about Picasso.
Rating: 5
Summary: A huge hit with grades K-3
Comment: I use this whole series in my elementary art class - and my students absolutely love it. Venezia highlights what is interesting to K-3 students while avoiding aspects of artists' lives that may not be appropriate for a young audience. Students love the cartoons Venezia includes along with the color images of the artist's work.
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Title: Van Gogh (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists) by Mike Venezia ISBN: 051642274X Publisher: Children's Press Pub. Date: March, 1989 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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Title: Monet (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists) by Mike Venezia ISBN: 0516422766 Publisher: Children's Press Pub. Date: May, 1990 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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Title: Henri Matisse (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists) by Mike Venezia ISBN: 0516261460 Publisher: Children's Press Pub. Date: September, 1997 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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Title: Da Vinci (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists) by Mike Venezia ISBN: 0516422758 Publisher: Children's Press Pub. Date: September, 1989 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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Title: Michelangelo (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists) by Mike Venezia ISBN: 0516422936 Publisher: Children's Press Pub. Date: March, 1992 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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