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* The New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book
* A Reading Rainbow Book
* A Parents' Choice Award Honor Book


이 책의 주인공인 디에고 리베라 (Diego Rivera)는 멕시코의 화가이며, 세계 최고의 벽화 예술가로 칭송받는 거장입니다. 멕시코 토착문화에 바탕을 둔 민중 예술을 추구했으며, 다이나믹한 구도로 사회문제들을 벽화로 표현했습니다. 이 책에서는 디에고의 일대기를 그의 화풍과 유사한 그림을 이용해서 보여줍니다.






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Paperback: 40 pages
ISBN-10: 067985617X
ISBN-13: 978-0679856177
책 크기: 22.5 cm x 17.3 cm



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Book Description
This story of Diego Rivera, the greatest muralist of Mexico--and of the world--is told in Spanish and English. Vibrant miniature paintings convey the sense of adventure and magic that marked Rivera's early years. And the story shows how his passion for painting and love for his country combined to make a powerful art celebrating the Mexican people


From School Library Journal
An accessible picture book about the life and work of Diego Rivera sounds like an oxymoron, but Winter and Winter succeed beyond belief. His early life is the focus; the text in Spanish and English captions the paintings. It does a journeyman's job of conveying facts in well-condensed sentences; the Spanish translation is clear and easy to follow even for those readers without fluency in the language. Each picture is bordered with Mexican folk-art designs done in vivid, resonant, tropical tones. The paintings themselves are done in Rivera's own colossal style, even though they actually measure only a few inches square. Winter displays her clear knowledge of and love for her subject. Frida Kahlo appears in one scene without any identification other than her distinctive eyebrows; this subtle allusion is the only mention of Rivera's tempestuous personal life. The last pictures show him as a young man, perched on his scaffolding, brushes in hand, beckoning viewers on with his ardent glance. Readers will wish they could follow.


From Kirkus Reviews
A bilingual life of the great Mexican muralist Diego Rivera, weighted toward his early life (he was a poor scholar whose sympathetic parents provided plenty of artistic materials and sent him to art school quite young) and his pride in his heritage. Winter's small, bordered paintings, in rich, intense colors, nicely evoke folk motifs and other themes in Rivera's work, including his concern for ``poor people'' and their ``war for equality.'' An excellent beginning biography.