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Boy Named Giotto, A

Publication Information
Author:  Guarnieri, Paolo Illustrator:  Landmann, Bimba
Title:  Boy Named Giotto, A Date:  1998
Publisher:  Farrar Straus Giroux City:  New York
ISBN, paperback:  0-374-30931-0 ISBN, hardback:  

Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes ESOL:  
Family:   Yes Young Adult:  
Picture:   Yes

General Information:
Book Type(s):    easy reading, biography and autobiography, true story

HSE Descriptor(s):    language arts - reading

Summary:
This exquisitely illustrated biography portrays the early years of the Renaissance painter, Giotto, who lived in Italy from 1267-1337.

Teaching Ideas:
Teachers will want to supplement the simple text using the web sites below to find other paintings, important dates, and additional biographical and artistic information about this famous artist. Using this book with Lyon's Catching the Fire, students may be interested in learning more about the role of an apprentice. They also might compare the subjects of painting then and now in discussion or writing. Web sites: www.kfki.hu/~arthp/tours/giotto/index.html, www.televisual.net/uffizi/giotto_b.html.

Keywords: select any link below for a list of resources which also have that keyword
bullet Art and Photography > art
bullet Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > individual > hopes/dreams
bullet Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > imagination
bullet History > time period > 13th Century
bullet History > time period > Middle Ages
bullet History > time period > Renaissance
bullet Art and Photography > art > artists > Giotto


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