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For upper elementary to middle school 9780547821849 I hope some of my junior high students choose to read this biography for a book report assignment Very interesting life of Friday Diego both famous artists and how they became married Catherine Reef s narrative about married life political interests and of course their lives as artists is told like a story Many photos and pictures of their art 9780547821849 I am now fascinated by these two artists I picked this book up to become acquainted with their lives and art I wanted to know about them before visiting the DIA exhibit They were a passionate and crazy duo I can t wait to witness their works soon 9780547821849 This is a fascinating duo biography of two amazing artists Their influence on the art world still continues to be felt today Although I may not agree with how they lived their lives what their values morals were their religious views or their political views I have a deep respect for the contribution they made to art I really enjoyed learning about these extraordinary people. Frida diego rivera After Rivera had people try to censor and destroy part of one of his murals Frida spoke out against censorship in support of Diego Censoring art hiding it from public viewing was a crime against the culture of a country against the right that every man has to express his ideas she wrote It was the kind of crime committed by a leader like Hitler If you do not act as an authentic Mexican at this critical moment Kahlo warned by defending your own decrees and rights then let the science and history book burnings start let the works of art be destroyed with rocks or fire let free men get kicked out of the country let torture in as well as prisons and concentration camps Kahlo made an important point that freedom is lost when food people fail to act p 97 98 9780547821849 I learned some new things in this bio of the two artists Well written and easily understood by middle schoolers I hope this finds a good audience 9780547821849 Nontraditional controversial rebellious and politically volatile the Mexican artists Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera are remembered for their provocative paintings as well as for their deep love for each other Their marriage was one of the most tumultuous and infamous in history filled with passion pain betrayal revolution and above all art that helped define the twentieth century Catherine Reef s inspiring and insightful dual biography features numerous archival photos and full color reproductions of both artists work Endnotes bibliography timeline Frida Diego Art Love LifeThis book was recommended to me by the New York Public Library s Recommends Twitter account when I asked for a rec based on my love of the book Vincent and Theo one of my all time favorite nonfiction books With that dearly loved book in mind this one did not measure up to what I was hoping for It is written for a younger audience and so while informative is pretty bland for my tastes Having said that it did teach me things about Frida Kahlo that I had not known prior to reading as well as bits of information about Diego Rivera and Mexican revolutionaries during this time period 9780547821849 I realized that the most wonderful part of my life had been my love for Frida a great fiesta in which each and every being takes part a fiesta of form of color of movement of sound La Forma El Color el movimiento El sonido. Frida and diego art love life the center of all she was in the earth and in matter thunder lightning and light rays The mother sea temptest nebula woman El temptest La nebulosa La mujer AdiosBeautiful 9780547821849 YA non fiction about Frida Diego I was surprised by information about Diego specifically that was new to me For instance I didn t realize that he had children before his first marriage It was a great introduction to the two of them and it didn t shy from their controversial marriage 9780547821849 This is a nonfiction biography on the life of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera Includes a timeline and color pictures of both their artwork and photographs of the artists Overall it is extremely text heavy with some two page spreads having no pictures and only text making it very overwhelming The layout of the text also makes it less appealing The text touches on Kahlo s depression but does not show her graphic work There is a nice section in the back that shows of Rivera and Khalo s work as well as an index and bibliography The text covers briefly the childhoods of both artists how they met and then their life together The text also covers their artistic careers. Diego luna frida kahlo Recommended as an optional purchase for grades 9 12 9780547821849 A brief biography of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera their relationship their work and background on each of their independent lives This reads a little bit like a biography for YA readers I think The text size is a little larger and it s laid out almost like a textbook with pictures every so often However for two lives that are so centered on art I was surprised at how little artwork was actually depicted in the images There were quite a few photographs which was also nice but again for the way this book was laid out it seemed like about 10 pages of photos and art would have served it well Not too in depth which I expected due to the length two lives in 176 pages of large size font isn t a lot of depth but I did learn quite a bit about both Frida and Diego 9780547821849
Catherine Reef is the author of than 35 nonfiction books for young people Her books for Clarion include the highly acclaimed JOHN STEINBECK and SIGMUND FREUD which was the recipient of the 2002 Sydney Taylor Award presented by the Association of Jewish Libraries She lives in College Park Maryland..
