- Paperback: 32 pages
- Publisher: Children's Press (Jun 1 2001)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0516265334
- ISBN-13: 978-0516265339
- Product Dimensions: 24.1 x 20 x 0.2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 77 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,360,485 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From School Library Journal
Gr 2-4-A brief, conversational biography of the contemporary African-American artist. The print is large; the layout is uncluttered. Black-and-white photographs are interspersed throughout the text, along with full-color reproductions of the artist's work and Venezia's cartoons with fictionalized dialogue balloons. The text concentrates on aspects of Lawrence's life that affected his art. Mindful of his audience, Venezia handles parts of the story in a truthful but gentle manner. For example, the text states that "[Lawrence] knew that people who didn't know about their history had no way of feeling proud of their past or of themselves" to explain the artist's motivation in painting historical figures who fought against slavery. In his discussion of The Migration Series, Venezia states, "Although slavery had ended years before, many black people were still treated badly in the South." Lawrence's successful treatment for depression is mentioned, although his illness is not named. The excellent-quality reproductions do a great deal to enhance and extend the text. Lawrence's paintings have appeared in his The Great Migration (HarperCollins, 1993) and Harriet and the Promised Land (S & S, 1993), Walter Dean Myers's Toussaint L'Ouverture (S & S, 1996), and Gwen Everett's John Brown: One Man against Slavery (Rizzoli, 1993), which would all be excellent resources to use with this title. John Duggleby's well-executed Story Painter: The Life of Jacob Lawrence (Chronicle, 1998) goes into more detail and is intended for a slightly older audience.-Lucinda Snyder Whitehurst, St. Christopher's School, Richmond, VA
Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
--This text refers to the Library Binding edition.Book Description
Presents a biography of Jacob Lawrence
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Jacob Lawrence (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists), Mar 10 2007
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These books are a great introduction to the lives and works of famous artists. My daughters and I have enjoyed Mike Venezia's books on Frida Kahlo, Picasso, Mary Cassatt, Michelangelo, Da Vinci, Klee, and Georgia Okeefe. My daughters particularly like the cartoon characters and dialogue that supplement the text. Reading Jacob Lawrence led to a discussion about African American history and the lives of Harriet Tubman and John Brown, both subjects of Lawrence's work. There is a spelling error in this book: "heroes" is spelled "heros."
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