Description
| Product ID: | 9781910350348 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Green Fingers of Monsieur Monet |
| Authors: | Author: Giancarlo Ascari, Pia Valentinis |
| Page Count: | 32 |
| Subjects: | Biography: arts and entertainment, Biography: arts & entertainment |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Including facts about Monet, this book tells the story of Monet and his garden: his arrival; the country clothes he wore; the bright Japanese prints he collected; how the Impressionist artist painted outdoors, rain or shine; the thousands of seed-packets he ordered; his gardeners, who have to leave Giverny to go to war. Monet''s lavish paintings are re-imagined in zesty, energetic and amusing ways with illustrations that younger readers will find amusing and engaging. They tell the story of Monet and his garden: his arrival; the country clothes he wore; the bright Japanese prints he collected; how the Impressionist artist painted outdoors, rain or shine; the thousands of seed-packets he ordered; his gardeners, who had to leave Giverny to go to war... Spread by spread the garden is explained and built up with Ascari''s and Valentinis''s original illustrations, which take Monet''s work as their starting point and transform it in beautiful and unexpected ways. |
| Imprint Name: | Royal Academy of Arts |
| Publisher Name: | Royal Academy of Arts |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2016-12-29 |
