Monet

DK Eyewitness Books

by Jude Welton

Libro usado en buenas condiciones, por su antiguedad podria contener señales normales de uso

Genres: Art, Art History, History, France, Biography

64 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1992

About the author

Jude Welton has a 10-year-old son with Asperger's Syndrome. Originally trained as a child psychologist specializing in autism, she is a freelance writer, writing mainly on the arts. She recently started writing about and for children with AS.

Reviews

[Elizabeth · Rating 4 out of 5]

Gloria got this at the library and since I ended up reading every word, I thought I'd add it here :)
The pictures are great and I learned more about Monet.
We are hoping to go to Paris, Giverny & Etetrat, so maybe we'll see these IRL.

[Ange Partidas · Rating 5 out of 5]

Found this in my public library and it was lovely, I loved looking at Monet's work and learning more of his life. So beautiful.

[Kathleen · Rating 4 out of 5]

The first painting that touched me after my four-year incense-induced visual blur in the convent was one of Monet's Waterlilies, which I saw up close on a freeing trip all alone to New York City. I stood in front of Monet's dreamscape and, not knowing, reached and touched its texture with my forefinger. A guard zipped over and kindly let me know to never, ever do that. I understood -- this was a holy object. But even now I am seared to Monet.

I got this children's introduction to the great Impressionist for a student I tutor. He was not impressed. But I -- and then my husband -- read it through and would be browsing still, but we've reached our nine-week library limit. So much is here, all in snippets: sketchbooks, biography, artistic development. His glasses, with one lens blank for the blind eye and the other one green.

I will remember how Monet dabbed with a wide brush to make waves, how he created a vertical grid of trees, how he brought to life the undulating underwater plants, how he created a pale rowboat with nobody inside.

[Sophie · Rating 3 out of 5]

i really like the paintings they put in there. and it describes Monets life really well

[Wendelle]

i learned how poor monet was throughout his life and how he made a rhythm of begging from his friends. i also learned how he developed his style over time, culminating in the aesthetically impressive impressionism.