The Noisy Paint Box: The Colors and Sounds of Kandinsky's Abstract Art - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Barb Rosenstock, Mary GrandpreAudience:Ages 4-8Publish date:2014-02-11Pages:40
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young ReadersISBN-13:9780307978486ISBN-10:307978486UPC:9780307978486Book Category:Juvenile NonfictionBook Subcategory:Biography & Autobiography, ArtBook Topic:Art, Historical, PaintingSize:11.30 x 9.00 x 0.30 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SCJ7TQ4WMS
A Caldecott Honor Book Vasya Kandinsky was a proper little boy: he studied math and history, he practiced the piano, he sat up straight and was perfectly polite. And when his family sent him to art classes, they expected him to paint pretty houses and flowers--like a proper artist. But as Vasya opened his paint box and began mixing the reds, the yellows, the blues, he heard a strange sound--the swirling colors trilled like an orchestra tuning up for a symphony And as he grew older, he continued to hear brilliant colors singing and see vibrant sounds dancing. But was Vasya brave enough to put aside his proper still lifes and portraits and paint . . . music? In this exuberant celebration of creativity, Barb Rosenstock and Mary GrandPr tell the fascinating story of Vasily Kandinsky, one of the very first painters of abstract art. Throughout his life, Kandinsky experienced colors as sounds, and sounds as colors--and bold, groundbreaking works burst forth from his noisy paint box. Backmatter includes four paintings by Kandinsky, an author's note, sources, links to websites on synesthesia and abstract art.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young ReadersISBN-13:9780307978486ISBN-10:307978486UPC:9780307978486Book Category:Juvenile NonfictionBook Subcategory:Biography & Autobiography, ArtBook Topic:Art, Historical, PaintingSize:11.30 x 9.00 x 0.30 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SCJ7TQ4WMS
BARB ROSENSTOCK is the author of The Camping Trip that Changed America, illustrated by Mordecai Gerstein, and Fearless: The Story of Racing Legend Louise Smith, illustrated by Scott Dawson. She lives outside of Chicago with her husband, sons, and two big poodles. MARY GRANDPRÉ is best known as the illustrator of the Harry Potter books. She also illustrated The Blue Shoe by Roderick Townley and the picture books The Carnival of the Animals written by Jack Prelutsky and Chin Yu Min and the Ginger Cat by Jennifer Armstrong.
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
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