D.K. Art Book Series: Kandinsky.D.K. Art Book Series: Kandinsky. New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of : Dorling Kindersley, (800-986-9921), 1999. Softcover soft·cov·er adj. Not bound between hard covers: softcover books; a softcover edition. , 143 pp., $12.05. The nearly eight decades (1866-1944) of Kandinsky's life included most of the turbulent evolution of the Western art world. The designers of this series are insightful in presenting these years in three themes: the biographical bi·o·graph·i·cal also bi·o·graph·ic adj. 1. Containing, consisting of, or relating to the facts or events in a person's life. 2. Of or relating to biography as a literary form. , the cultural/historical, and the aesthetic. Most of the pages are devoted to pictures, including reproductions of art objects and historical photographs of people and significant settings. Pithy pith·y adj. pith·i·er, pith·i·est 1. Precisely meaningful; forceful and brief: a pithy comment. 2. Consisting of or resembling pith. captions and lively accessible paragraphs of text mark the major events that shaped Europe as well as the art world. Although high schools will be the prime audience for this series, because of the vast array of visual materials, middle schools should find these books valuable resources as well. |
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