Edward Hopper: Painter of Light and Shadow |
Publication Information
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Author: Rubin, Susan Goldman |
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Title: Edward Hopper: Painter of Light and Shadow |
Date: 2007 |
Publisher: Abrams Books for Young Readers |
City: New York |
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ABE/ABLE:
Yes |
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Family:
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Young Adult:
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Picture:
Yes |
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General Information:
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Book Type(s):
biography and autobiography
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HSE Descriptor(s):
language arts - reading
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Summary: |
Illustrated with beautifully reproduced paintings in chronological order, this biography of the American artist Edward Hopper recounts his long, productive life, his marriage to artist Josephine Nivison, and his friendships with fellow artists Guy Pene du Pois, George Bellows, Rockwell Kent, and Robert Henri. The author includes plentiful resource material including mini-biographies of his artist friends. |
Teaching Ideas: |
Readers might discuss this quote from Hopper's New York Times obituary: "Hopper distilled, more masterfully than any other artist of his time, a haunting look and mood of America." A class might brainstorm descriptive words or make a list of what people in the paintings are doing. Readers could choose a favorite painting from the book or from an online search and write about how they respond to the work, adapting Bleich's Heuristic to images. Students could write a letter to Hopper and include questions about his life and art. |
Teaching Strategies: |
Bleich's Heuristic for Responding to Reading
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/bleichs_heuristic.pdf
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Helping Students in the Writing Process
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/help_writing_process.pdf
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Think-Pair-Share
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/think_pair_share.pdf
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Brainstorming Activities (Guidelines)
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/brainstorming.pdf
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Unsent Letters
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/unsent_letters.pdf
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