Stone Giant: Michelangelo's David and How He Came to Be - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Jane Sutcliffe, John Shelley (Illustrator)Audience:Ages 4-8Publish date:2014-04-08Pages:32
Language:EnglishPublisher:Charlesbridge PublishingISBN-13:9781580892957ISBN-10:1580892957UPC:9781580892957Book Category:Juvenile NonfictionBook Subcategory:Art, HistoryBook Topic:Sculpture, History, RenaissanceSize:11.00 x 8.70 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.9017Product ID:SCV7T19VPV
Michelangelo saw something--someone--special in the stone. No one wanted the "giant." The hulking block of marble lay in the work yard, rained on, hacked at, and abandoned--until a young Michelangelo saw his David in it. Night and day, Michelangelo worked in secret, lovingly coaxing statue out of the stone. Its majesty endures even today. This is the story of how a neglected, discarded stone...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Charlesbridge PublishingISBN-13:9781580892957ISBN-10:1580892957UPC:9781580892957Book Category:Juvenile NonfictionBook Subcategory:Art, HistoryBook Topic:Sculpture, History, RenaissanceSize:11.00 x 8.70 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.9017Product ID:SCV7T19VPV
Jane Sutcliffe is the author of Leonardo's Monster (Pelican) and The Attack on Pearl Harbor (Capstone), as well as nearly two dozen biographies in the History Maker series and the On My Own series from Lerner. Jane holds a BA from the University of Connecticut and a master's from Penn State University, both in Communication Science. She lives in Tolland, Connecticut. John Shelley was born in...
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