Diego Rivera: His World and Ours
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780810997318 (0810997312)
Publish date: May 1st 2011
Publisher: Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pages no: 40
Edition language: English
I enjoyed the basic outline of Rivera's history, and the parallels Tonatiuh tries to draw between Rivera's early-20th-century material and current material were worth thinking about. As with many other picturebook biographies about visual artists, this book does not stand alone well. It demands fami...
Shares the experiences and ideas behind Diego's style and subject matter. Illustrations are not Diego's work, instead are inspired (index to original works that inspired the illustrations at back). Includes glossary, author's note, bibliography, museums where Diego's art can be seen.
On the heels of just having received a Pura Belpre (Illustrator) Award Honor for his first book, Dear Primo, Duncan Tonatiuh gives us Diego Rivera: His World and Ours. A straightforward picture book artist biography, this book also presupposes what Diego Rivera might have painted as murals from obse...
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