A Weekend with Picasso [Paperback]

Florian Rodari (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 15, 1996 | Age Level: 7 and up | Grade Level: 2 and up

"It's the weekend--time to rest--but as you can see, I'm working. We artists never take time off, we're always thinking about what we're going to do next! Even when we seem to be resting, our brains are going a mile a minute, and very often, late at night, when everyone else is in the house asleep, we go back to the studio . . . I can't help myself--when my hands want to create something there's just no stopping them. They grab whatever's within reach--paper, modeling clay, old rags, bits of wood or cardboard--and they shape, fold, paint, carve, cut, nail, or glue them together . . . or they sign my name, which you may very well know . . . Picasso."

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 3-7-- Both of these titles are written as if the artists were conducting a personal tour of their studios and lives. Just as it's inappropriate to create unconfirmed conversations for biographies, it should be equally taboo to turn a distinguished artist into a chatty tour guide. The tone and terminology are all too often those of an earnest docent conducting a classroom tour, which is too bad because both books are beautifully produced and filled with high-quality color reproductions of paintings and photos of the artists, their friends, and their world. While not useful for biographic research, the texts do explain the artists' development. Rodari goes more into the intellectual process Picasso used and the ways he manipulated forms to startle viewers into seeing things in new ways. Skira-Venturi's text takes the form of a reminiscence and tends to wander from subject to subject with the emphasis on the places and people Renoir painted. A more reliable source for the artists' own thoughts can be found in the ``Artists by Themselves'' series (Knopf). For a clear analysis of artwork and its processes, stick with Ernest Raboff's books on Picasso (HarperCollins) and Renoir (Lippincott, both 1987). --Eleanor K. MacDonald, Beverly Hills Public Library
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Language Notes

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: French --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 7 and up
  
• Paperback: 64 pages
• Publisher: Rizzoli (March 15, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0847819205
• ISBN-13: 978-0847819201
• Product Dimensions: 10.4 x 8.8 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,582,821 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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