The Noisy Paint Box
Synopsis
A Caldecott Honor BookVasya Kandinsky was a proper little boy: he studied math and history, he practiced the piano, he sat up straight and was perfectly polite. And when his family sent him to art classes, they expected him to paint pretty houses and flowers&;like a proper artist.   But as Vasya opened his paint box and began mixing the reds, the yellows, the blues, he heard a strange sound&;the swirling colors trilled like an orchestra tuning up for a symphony! And as he grew older, he continued to hear brilliant colors singing and see vibrant sounds dancing. But was Vasya brave enough to put aside his proper still lifes and portraits and paint . . . music?   In this exuberant celebration of creativity, Barb Rosenstock and Mary GrandPré tell the fascinating story of Vasily Kandinsky, one of the very first painters of abstract art. Throughout his life, Kandinsky experienced colors as sounds, and sounds as colors&;and bold, groundbreaking works burst forth from his noisy paint box.   Backmatter includes four paintings by Kandinsky, an author&;s note, sources, links to websites on synesthesia and abstract art.Book Details
Publisher
Random House Digital
Released
Feb 11, 2014
Language
english
ISBN
9780307978509
Age Level
Children's - Kindergarten, Age 5-6
Attributes
Text to Speech Enabled