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Linnea in Monet's Garden
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by:
Bjork, Cristina
Anderson, Lena
Sandin, Joan
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Publisher:
Farrar Straus and Giroux
Published: October 1, 1987
ISBN: 9129583144
Format:Hardcover
Pages:52
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Book Description
From Publishers Weekly
Linnea, a fresh-faced European girl with a mop of black hair and a white smock, gives a solid lesson in art history in the gentlest way, through a first-person account. Her story is like a scrapbook, reliving a trip she took to
Paris and Giverny to learn about Monet's water-lily paintings. Airy, light-filled watercolors showing Linnea in Monet's environment are juxtaposed with period photographs of the artist and reproductions of the paintings themselves. The focus is always on
the specific. Monet's brushstrokes are examined (Linnea terms them "splotchy"). A section is devoted to expressionism: "Even stone walls could shimmer sometimes." Also included are Monet's biography, a family tree and a brief guide to Paris. But, it is
the sense of being there, and Linnea's own enthusiasm, that carries the book. Ages 7-up.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Product Description:
Linnea has visited Claude Monet's garden! In Paris, she got to see many of his
actual paintings. Now she understands what it means for a painter to be called an Impressionist. This innovative art book for children contains full-color photos of many of Monet's famous paintings.
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