Diane Stanley's Leonardo DaVinci explores not only the art, inventions, and architecture of this genius of the renaissance, it also gives the reader a good description of the times and environment in which the artist lived.
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Diane Stanley
HarperCollins Publishers
Diane Stanley
Softcover
9 1/4 x 11 inches
42
0-06-052113-9
2000
7 up
2
$ 6.99
$ 4.75
Recognitions:
School Library Journal Best Book
An Orbis Pictus Award Honor Book
Why an Aspiring Artist Will Like Michelangelo by Diane Stanley
Michelangelo id not have an easy life, but he had great talent and passion for art. In this biography of Michelangelo Buonarrotti, the young art student can follow Michelangelo's career from a young boy living with stone cutters, as an apprentice in Florence learning fresco painting, meeting de' Medici, to his commissioning of the Sistine Chapel ceiling in St. Peter's Cathedral. The book is filled with facts but is easy to read. Illustrations are plentiful and informative.
Synopsis
Michelangelo by Diane Stanley follows the creative life of the great renaissance artist from his early days as a stone cutter and apprentice of fresco painting to his days of great commissions such as the Sistine chapel ceiling, the David, and the Pietà. Ms. Stanley explores the personality of Michelangelo, his clashes with pope Julius, his perfectionism, his rivalry with Leonardo da Vinci. The biography will draw you into Michelangelo's world where you will experience, in text, his triumphs and his tragedies. --recommended for all art educators as well as students of visual arts. The biography of DaVinci by Stanley is written for slightly older children than the biography by Mike Venezia which would appeal to younger readers.
Description
Diane Stanley's biography describes the life and times of Michelangelo. There are 18 full-page, full-color pictures including renditions of the Pietá, the David, and fresco painting of the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. "The illustrations were prepared using watercolors, colored pencil, and gouache on Arches watercolor paper. The images of Michelangelo's art were manipulated on the computer using Adobe Photoshop" Publisher's comments.
What others said about this book
"Stanley has indeed captured in both words and pictures the essence of Michelangelo, man of the Renaissance--sculptor, painter, architect."The Horn Book
What Diane Stanley says On Researching, Writing and Illustrating Biographies
I chose them not only because they were important but also because their stories were dazzling. If I am fascinated, it stands to reason my readers will be, too.
