Summary:
This book is a brief biography of Horace Pippin's life and artistic career. From very early childhood, Horace knew he loved art. This book details his journey away from art, and then returning to it, as it was always part of him. He goes away to fight in WWI, and when he returns he finds that art was how he coped with his experience. After returning, he became a full-time artist, Horace begins to see success of his paintings being displayed in museums worldwide. WWI left him with a crippled hand, this required him to grip his painting hand with his other hand to steady and paint with it.
This book is a brief biography of Horace Pippin's life and artistic career. From very early childhood, Horace knew he loved art. This book details his journey away from art, and then returning to it, as it was always part of him. He goes away to fight in WWI, and when he returns he finds that art was how he coped with his experience. After returning, he became a full-time artist, Horace begins to see success of his paintings being displayed in museums worldwide. WWI left him with a crippled hand, this required him to grip his painting hand with his other hand to steady and paint with it.
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Response Associated with this Book: The Relationship Between the Illustrations and the Text
Example:
The illustrations compliment this book very well. The illustrations in A Splash of Red continue the story on top of what the writing tells. For example, on page 6, where there are only five textual words, but the illustrations added not only more words but also a depiction that adds more words than could fit on the page. Melissa Sweet, illustrator of A Splash of Red, is a Caldecott Award winning illustrator and it is apparent how this is so. Her illustrations take on a story of their own.
The pictures could speak for themselves in this book. They reinforce everything that occurs in the text. An example where this is apparent is where the text attempts to explain how Horace had to learn a new way to paint by having his left hand hold his right hand and paint. The illustrations clarify how this works, by depicting what the text meant. The illustrations pick up where the text leaves off as well. An example of this is seen where the text mentions that articles were written about Horace, and the illustrations show many different headlines about Horace. These show the readers examples of the types of articles that were written about Horace, something that isn’t elaborated upon in the text.
Finally, the illustrations convey the emotion the book demands. The text is pretty dry as far as descriptions go, but if the readers look at the illustrations they see the effects of those words. For example, when Horace is shot in battle, the text just says, “A shot rang out. Horace felt pain in his shoulder. He was hit!” and the illustration shows Horace in deep pain holding his shoulder with his face contorted in pain. Without the illustrations, the book would not have the same emotional depth.
Example:
The illustrations compliment this book very well. The illustrations in A Splash of Red continue the story on top of what the writing tells. For example, on page 6, where there are only five textual words, but the illustrations added not only more words but also a depiction that adds more words than could fit on the page. Melissa Sweet, illustrator of A Splash of Red, is a Caldecott Award winning illustrator and it is apparent how this is so. Her illustrations take on a story of their own.
The pictures could speak for themselves in this book. They reinforce everything that occurs in the text. An example where this is apparent is where the text attempts to explain how Horace had to learn a new way to paint by having his left hand hold his right hand and paint. The illustrations clarify how this works, by depicting what the text meant. The illustrations pick up where the text leaves off as well. An example of this is seen where the text mentions that articles were written about Horace, and the illustrations show many different headlines about Horace. These show the readers examples of the types of articles that were written about Horace, something that isn’t elaborated upon in the text.
Finally, the illustrations convey the emotion the book demands. The text is pretty dry as far as descriptions go, but if the readers look at the illustrations they see the effects of those words. For example, when Horace is shot in battle, the text just says, “A shot rang out. Horace felt pain in his shoulder. He was hit!” and the illustration shows Horace in deep pain holding his shoulder with his face contorted in pain. Without the illustrations, the book would not have the same emotional depth.