Weekend With Velazquez

Velazquez -- imagine the opportunity to spend a weekend with this celebrated Spanish painter & learn about his life: to study his work, to observe the use of tools & techniques firsthand, & to witness the joys & rigors of life in the 17th century. This delightful book offers just such a chance. The text cleverly weaves insightful information into an amusing weekend excursion. Join Velazquez as he strolls through the palace of Philip IV among the courtiers & servants. Watch him paint, hear of his travels, & visit with the princess & her ladies, who have their official portraits done by the master himself. Through the beautiful reproductions of his paintings, & first-person narrative, a child learns about the art of Velazquez as well as what it means to be an artist.Rodari, Florian is the author of 'Weekend With Velazquez' with ISBN 9780756760441 and ISBN 0756760445.