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A biography of one of the world's greatest female artists.
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《学校图书馆杂志》(School Library Journal)书评
ea. vol: 32p. photos. reprods. (Portraits of Women Artists for Children Series.). CIP. Little. Oct. 1991. Tr $15.95. Gr 4 Up-- In her brief introduction to O'Keeffe's life, Turner stresses the fact that, until recent years, women were not encouraged to become artists or permitted to attend the best schools of art. This theme--that O'Keeffe had to create her own style and establish her own place in the art world--is carried through in a rich, colorful biography. The reproductions chosen to illustrate her life are excellent. An early charcoal drawing shows how she developed her abstract style, while Evening Star III and Red Canna show her mastery of pure color. Other examples demonstrate her sense of pattern, and display her later work in New Mexico. Throughout, the succinct, clear prose stresses O'Keeffe's art, her search for ways to express her feelings, her love of nature, and her total subjection of all else to the study and the demands of a creative life. Gherman's thoughtful and carefully researched book (Atheneum, 1986) and Berry's Georgia O'Keeffe: Painter (Chelsea, 1989) are both useful, factual biographies. Turner, however, offers the best selection of full-color reproductions and a text that, while brief, engaging, and accessible to all readers, gives insight into the woman as artist, and highlights O'Keeffe's vision and amazing talent. Rosa Bonheur opens with a portrait of the artist as a young woman and ends with one of her at age 76. Throughout, there are are pictures of her artist-family, the French chateau that she shared with her lifelong friend Nathalie Micas, and some fine samples of her famous animal paintings. Readers should be drawn to the book by the full-color paintings of sheep, cows, birds, wild lions, and especially the reproduction of The Horse Fair. They will also enjoy the smoothly written story of the artist's largely happy and successful life. Turner writes with skill and sensitivity, and with this book the name of Rosa Bonheur is added to the small but growing list of juvenile titles dedicated to women in the arts. --Shirley Wilton, Ocean County College, Toms River, NJ (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
出版社周刊评论
The scant presence of women in the annals of art history prompts this glossy Portraits of Women Artists for Children series. Bonheur's (1822-1899) remarkably happy life story is told in straightforward fashion; especially winning are the matter-of-fact treatment of her lifelong friendship with another woman and the author's feeling for the delight the artist took in animals, which Turner poses as another challenge to the female stereotype. But a pedogogical tone prevails in both biographies, and Turner's message--that girls can grow up to be artists--is undermined by her groping efforts to explain what makes a painting great. The cause of art history is ill served by badly reproduced images in the Bonheur volume. O'Keeffe's (1887-1986) work is eminently reproducible, therefore showing that artist to better advantage, and she is characterized more vividly than is Bonheur, but both lives pale in these dutiful retellings. By failing to isolate and illumine the creative spark that drove each artist, Turner misses the salient point for young readers: O'Keeffe and Bonheur are important not because they were women who made it in a man's world, but because they painted brilliantly. Ages 6-10. (Oct.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
《儿童读物杂志》(Horn Book)书评
Color phot. Each book offers a thoroughly researched, intelligent, and approachable view of individuals unique in their time and of considerable interest today. Turner not only conveys the biographical events which make up each artist's life but manages to impart a sense of the artist's inspiration and her place in the world of art. From HORN BOOK 1991, (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Kirkus评论
In the same format as Georgia O'Keeffe (above), a biography of a painter (1822-99) known for her animal paintings in the realistic Academy style, whose subjects, drama, and often heroic treatment have special appeal for the young. The emphasis on the problems faced by women artists is repeated here; the text is informative but undistinguished (and it's ridiculous to state that the French Bonheur learned her letters by noticing that ``C'' stood for ``cow'' and ``B'' for ``bird''). Still, an adequate introduction to an artist of merit. (Biography. 8-12)
《书目》(Booklist)书评
Gr. 4-7. These two handsome biographies in the new Portraits of Women Artists for Children series include photographs and art reproductions of high quality on every page, in black and white and in glowing color. The captions and comments on the pictures are direct and stimulating, and there's no intrusive jargon, though the text does gush a bit about sensitivity and wondrous creativity. Given the series' focus on women and equality, it's strange that first names are used for the artists, while Stieglitz is called by his last name. Still, the books will be welcomed by elementary school readers for biography assignments and also for show-and-tell about looking at pictures and becoming an artist. ~--Hazel Rochman