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Noisy Paint Box: The Colors And Sounds Of Kandinsky's Abstract Art (2014)

by Barb Rosenstock(Favorite Author)

4.26 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1306408229 (ISBN13: 9781306408226)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers

review 1: 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 GrandPré tell the fascinating story of Vasily Kandinsky, one of the v... moreery 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.Subject:Artists -- Russia (Federation) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.Synesthesia and the arts -- Juvenile literature.Synesthesia -- Juvenile literature.
review 2: The tricky part about illustrated biographies of artists is giving a sense of their style, while still allowing the illustrator to illustrate their own story. Mary GrandPre succeeds - and while her style is unlike Kandinsky's abstract art, she absolutely conveys that sense of his art speaking to him, appealing to multiple senses. As young Vasya goes from his dull, polite world to the world of art, GrandPre's illustrations brighten. Vasya's colors spill out from his paintings, and the palette continues to match his frame of mind. Back matter gives more details about his life, explains what was imagined in the story, explains synesthesia, and gives a few examples of his actual paintings. less

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