Name That Style: ALL About Isms in Art (Bob Raczka's Art Adventures)

Raczka, Bob

ISBN 10: 0822575868 ISBN 13: 9780822575863

Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group, 2008

Synopsis

Introduces different movements in art, including naturalism, romanticism, pointillism, and photorealism, discussing when each movement was popular, its important characteristics, and famous painters who used each style.

About this title

About the Author

Bob Raczka and his wife Amy are the co-creators of three masterpieces: Robert, Carl and Emma. They live in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, with their dog Rufus, who is also a piece of work. As a boy, Bob loved to draw--especially dinosaurs, cars, and airplanes. He also enjoyed making paper airplanes and model rockets. He's a lifelong Cubs fan. Thanks to good grades (and some help from his high school art teachers) he went to college at the University of Illinois, where he majored in art. On a whim, Bob took an advertising copywriting class and loved it. When he graduated, he became an advertising writer. But when his first child, Robert, was born, he rediscovered children's books and thought, "I want to do this." So Bob began sending out manuscripts and collecting rejection letters. Five years later, he sold his first manuscript, a book about art called No One Saw. Little did he know, it would become the first book in his ongoing series, Bob Raczka's Art Adventures.

Edition details

• Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0822575868
• ISBN 13: 9780822575863
• Binding: Library Binding
• Number of pages: 31