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Author:

Bernier-Grand, Carmen T.

Title:

Diego : bigger than life / Carmen T. Bernier-Grand ; illustrated by David Diaz.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Marshall Cavendish Children,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

64 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.

Subject:

Rivera, Diego,--1886-1957--Juvenile literature.
Painters--Mexico--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Rivera, Diego,--1886-1957--Poetry.
Artists--Poetry.
Artists--Mexico--Biography.
Painters--Mexico--Biography.

Other Authors:

Diaz, David, ill.

Notes:

"Illustrations are rendered in mixed media." Includes bibliographical references (p. 61).

Contents:

Fabulous storyteller -- Singing frogs -- My twin brother -- Antonia the healer -- The engineer -- Devil Diego -- The sound of life -- On the road to becoming an artist -- Passage of anger -- No more Cézannes -- Diego Diegovich -- The Mexican Revolution -- Behold the angel -- Mexican Cubism -- World War I baby -- Good-byes -- Savage beauty -- True Mexico -- The making of a fresco -- Brimming with Mexican light -- Fecund Earth -- Wild wife -- Wings of a blackbird -- Devil Frida -- Diego the red -- An orchid for Firda -- Man at the crossroads -- Volcanic love -- Anguish and triumph -- Frida's words -- Diego's words -- Death dance -- Still life -- Epilogue -- The true life of Diego Rivera.

Summary:

"The life and work of the artist Diego Rivera is told through chronological poems that capture salient points in his life"--Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0761453830 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9780761453833 (hbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)123079125

LCCN:

2007013761

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