Synopses & Reviews
Lump, the world-famous artist Pablo Picassoandrsquo;s dog, loves cake. He can never have enough! But when he takes a bite out of a beautiful cake he finds in the garden, he discovers itandrsquo;s not cake at allandmdash;itandrsquo;s made of metalandmdash;and realizes not everything is what it seems. Lump and his friend, the goat Esmeralda, meet other animals in the yard and learn that they are made from surprising things: She-Goat tells how Picasso made her from broken lamps and tin cans, Baboon explains that her head is made of toy cars and metal strips, and Crane shows off her delicate legs made from forks.
This delightful book brings Picassoandrsquo;s villa in Cannes to life and explains how the artist, ever inventive and playful, made sculptures from different materials using different techniques throughout his long career. Readers learn about the joy and freedom sculpture brought to Picassoandrsquo;s life and art.
Review
and#39;Eight reproductions of Matisseand#39;s cut-paper work appear throughout, some on gatefolds, and a brief biography closes out this strong study of an artistand#39;s thought processes and growth.andquot;
Review
STARRED REVIEW
andquot;In its inventive approach to teaching art history, this book should inspire teachers and students alike to experiment with color, shape and form in the same free and expressive mode as the master.andquot;
Synopsis
One day, the French artist Henri Matisse cut a small bird out of a piece of paper. It looked lonely all by itself, so he cut out more shapes to join it. Before he knew it, Matisse had transformed his walls into larger-than-life gardens, filled with brightly colored plants, animals, and shapes of all sizes! Featuring cut-paper illustrations and interactive foldout pages, Matisseandrsquo;s Garden is the inspiring story of how the artistandrsquo;s never-ending curiosity helped turn a small experiment into a radical new form of art.
About the Author
Nancy Lim is a curatorial assistant in the Department of Painting and Sculpture at The Museum of Modern Art, New York. She lives in New York.
Beatrice Alemagna is the award-winning author and illustrator of thirty books for children, including A Lion in Paris and Little Big Boubo. She received the Italian Andersen Prize for Illustrator of the Year in 2010 and has been twice nominated for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. She lives in Italy.