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A painter becomes famous when his paintings come to life. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
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《学校图书馆杂志》(School Library Journal)书评
K-Gr 2 Agee's strong solid shapes and somber colored drawings contrast with the clever and witty premise of his book. Set in Paris at the turn of the century, it recounts a grand art contest. Traditional academy painters show their grandiose masterpieces: The King on His Throne, The King on Horseback, The King in Armor. Then an unknown artist, Clousseau, shows his small painting of a duck. ``Outrageous'' is the response until the duck that he has painted quacks. All over Paris, his works come alive. A boa leaves its painting, black smoke billows from a painted volcano, and water gushes from a waterfall. Needless to say things get out of hand, and poor Clousseau lands in prison. One overlooked painting eventually saves the day. Agee's tongue-in-cheek scenario ends with a final double entendre. The outrageous yet gentle humor is sure to delight parents and children alike. Judith Gloyer, Milwaukee Public Library (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
出版社周刊评论
In this droll, sophisticated tale, an unknown artist enters a Paris contest with a painting of a duck; the repercussions are mighty when the painting begins to quack. Ages 3-up. (Oct.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
Kirkus评论
A multilevel spoof aimed at pretensions, especially in the art world: an unknown painter, Clousseau, is suddenly acclaimed as a genius and wins the Grand Prize at Paris' ""Grand Contest of Art"" when his outrageously simple painting of a duck emits a quack. But there's trouble when his other paintings also come to life and prove inconvenient to their owners: a snake frightens a baroness, a waterfall's water and a volcano's smoke invade drawing rooms, and only the fact that the king's painted dog catches a real burglar reaching for the crown saves Clousseau from prison. Agee's bold, cartoon-like illustrations are imbued with the rich, deep tones of academic painting, occasionally enlivened by the bright colors of an impressionist street-scene--apparently also the creation of our happy painter, since, in an intriguing last page, he walks into that scene as he ""return[s] to his painting."" As allegory or as imaginative flight, this should provoke chuckles--and discussion--among children as well as adults. Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
《书目》(Booklist)书评
Ages 4-8. Agee has created a shuffle-gaited, hollow-eyed, long-nosed, droopy-bearded artist in classic beatnik garb (Felix Clousseau), whose laid-back manner belies the chaos his paintings cause. When the Royal Palace holds a competition, Clousseau, in the company of pompous artists with more monumental endeavors, is ridiculed for his simple painting of a duck-- until it goes ``QUACK!'' and walks out of the frame. Clousseau wins the grand prize, bringing him fame. Suddenly Paris is agog, all of the man's paintings are coming alive-- ``The Sleeping Boa Constrictor'' awakens and slithers off to meet its owner, waterfalls fall, volcanoes erupt, cannons discharge, and poor Clousseau winds up in prison. However, when a ferocious dog in one of his paintings reaches out and catches a notorious jewel thief, Clousseau is restored to the king's good graces and ambles back to his studio-- right through the frame of a painting. Agee's boldly edged, large-scale illustrations, heavy on dignified somber tones, have a tongue- in-cheek quality that adds to the outrageous delight of this wildly improbable plot. The story's subtleties mark this as an excellent choice to share with older readers (in and out of art classes) and with junior high students who will most appreciate the pun of the final line-- Clousseau ``returned to his painting.'' PW.Life in the Balance II