Dan's Angel.Alexander Sturgis, illustrated by Lauren Child. La Jolla La Jolla (lə hoi`yə), on the Pacific Ocean, S Calif., an uninc. district within the confines of San Diego; founded 1869. The beautiful ocean beaches, in particular La Jolla shores and Black's Beach, and sea-washed caves attract visitors and , CA: Kane/Miller, 2003. Illus., hardcover, 40 pp., $16.95. In these picture books, which are set in art museums, the author imagines characters from paintings transcending their frames to interact with human visitors. Here, Dan, a curious skateboarder, enters a museum for the first time. After taking a look around he sighs, "You can't read paintings like you can read books." Fortunately one of Fra Angelico's angels hears him and sets out to help him "read" some of the dozen famous paintings in the museum. The artworks include works from Rembrandt and Lorrain to Goya, Picasso, and Pollock. Dan and a frisky frisk·y adj. frisk·i·er, frisk·i·est Energetic, lively, and playful: a frisky kitten. frisk black cat act as an effective thread in this introduction to iconography iconography (ī'kŏnŏg`rəfē) [Gr.,=image-drawing] or iconology [Gr.,=image-study], in art history, the study and interpretation of figural representations, either individual or symbolic, religious or secular; . His conversation with the angel is naturalistic, lighthearted light·heart·ed adj. Not being burdened by trouble, worry, or care; happy and carefree. See Synonyms at glad1. light , and informative. Dan's adventures help elementary-age students develop rudimentary skills. |
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