Picasso: Soul on Fire.Picasso: Soul on Fire. Rick Jacobson, illustrated by Laura Fernandez & Rick Jacobson. Toronto: Tundra tundra (tŭn`drə), treeless plains of N North America and N Eurasia, lying principally along the Arctic Circle, on the coasts and islands of the Arctic Ocean, and to the north of the coniferous forest belt. Books, 2004. Illus., hardcover, 32 pp., $15.95. This is a loose chronological chron·o·log·i·cal also chron·o·log·ic adj. 1. Arranged in order of time of occurrence. 2. Relating to or in accordance with chronology. collection of anecdotes that point to some of the possible influences on the artist's work. The death of a friend results in his alleged Blue Period, and a newspaper story engendered his famous Guernica. In double-page spreads double-page spread double n → Doppelseite f , a simply written text explains the events using small reproductions as a reference, while the rest of the space is devoted to a painting of the artist in action--chatting with associates, painting, walking with a young son, etc. These paintings, as epitomized on the cover portrait, are charged with passion, as shown with the intensity of his eyes and the strength of his posture posture /pos·ture/ (pos´choor) the attitude of the body.pos´tural pos·ture n. 1. A position of the body or of body parts. 2. . A two-page annotated timeline offers some historical personal facts. |
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