Waking Day.Waking Day Constance Morgenstern, et al. NorthWord Press c/o T&N Children's Publishing, Inc. Minnetonka, MN 55343 www.tnkidsbooks.com 1559719192 $17.95 1-888-255-9989 The text of Waking Day is a poem by Constance Morgenstern and is set off, page by page, line by line, with full color paintings by Claude Monet, Edgar Dega, Vincent van Gogh, John Singer Sargent, Pierre-Auguste Renoir Pierre-Auguste Renoir (February 25, 1841–December 3, 1919) was a French artist who was a leading painter in the development of the Impressionist style. As a celebrator of beauty, and especially feminine sensuality, it has been said that "Renoir is the final representative of , Camille Pissarro, Childe childe n. Archaic A child of noble birth. [Middle English childe, child, child; see child.] Hassam, Fidelia Bridges, Pierre Bonnard Pierre Bonnard (October 3, 1867 – January 23, 1947) was a French painter and printmaker. Biography He was born in Fontenay-aux-Roses. He led a happy and careless youth as the son of a prominent official of the French Ministry of War. , Berthe Morisot, Theophile Alexandre Steinlen, Frank Weston Benson This article is about Frank W. Benson, American impressionist painter. For the politician of the same name, see Frank W. Benson (Oregon Governor). Frank Weston Benson , Theo van Rysselberghe, and Frederick Carl Frieseke Frederick Carl Frieseke (April 7, 1874 – August 24, 1939) was an American Impressionist painter. He was born in Owosso, Michigan and studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the Académie Julian in Paris. . The result is a deft juxtaposing of 24 exquisite Impressionist paintings paired with the engaging lines of a simple, joyful poem about sunlight. With the inclusion of brief biographical information on each featured artist and the Impressionist period, Waking Day is one of those simply gorgeous picturebooks that will enchant readers from 8 to 80 and is as suitable and recommended for school and community library collections as it is for the family artbook shelf. |
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