Faith Ringgold

by Robyn Montana Turner

Book Overview

Examines the life and work of the artist whose determination to be true to her African-American heritage brought about an influential new art form. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0316856525
• ISBN13: 9780316856522
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Little Brown and Company
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.8" x 11.3"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

An extraordinary multicultural journey

In "Faith Ringgold," author Robyn Montana Turner has assembled a superb introduction to the artist for whom the book is named. Turner combines a well-written biography of Ringgold with a wealth of photographs from all phases of the artist's life, full-color reproductions of many of her classic creations, and other interesting materials.An African-American artist who blends African, African-American, and European themes and techniques in her work, Ringgold is a fascinating multicultural creator. This book gives the reader a good sense of the journey she has taken towards her comprehensive artistic vision. It is fascinating, for example, to see a reproduction of da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" together with Ringgold's mixed-media portrayal of African-American children dancing in front of "Mona Lisa" at the Louvre museum in France. Turner's "Faith Ringgold" is a visually stunning book which just may inspire a few artists of the next generation.