The multiple award winning artist illustrator duo of Carmen T. Bernier-Grand and David Diaz effectively capture the life of Mexican painter Diego Rivera using narrative, free-verse poetry and bright, colorful illustrations in Diego Bigger Than Life. Bernier-Grand uses a series of chronological poems to take the readers from Diego’s birth, through his artistic developments, political theologies, and sordid affairs, to his passing. Each insightful poem is accompanied with a portrait that captures the emotion of that integral moment in Diego’s experience. In addition to Diaz’s unique illustration that blend color and shadow to give the subject depth, samples of Diego’s work are interspersed throughout the text to help readers see and understand his process and progress. The included biography, glossary, chronology, bibliography, and notes section offer readers more information and explains the mystery, myth, and fact that all make up Diego Rivera. Highly Recommended.
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