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The Noisy Paint Box: The Colors and Sounds of Kandinsky's Abstract Art

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The Noisy Paint Box: The Colors and Sounds of Kandinsky's Abstract Art

A Caldecott Honor Book

Vasya 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 flowersâ€”like a proper artist.
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But as Vasya opened his paint box and began mixing the reds, the yellows, the blues, he heard a strange soundâ€”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?
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In this exuberant celebration of creativity, Barb Rosenstock and Mary GrandPrÃ© 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 colorsâ€”and bold, groundbreaking works burst forth from his noisy paint box.
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Backmatter includes four paintings by Kandinsky, an authorâ€™s note, sources, links to websites on synesthesia and abstract art.

From the Hardcover edition.

Country	USA
Author	Barb Rosenstock
Binding	Kindle Edition
EISBN	9780307978509
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	Knopf Books for Young Readers
Manufacturer	Knopf Books for Young Readers
NumberOfPages	40
PublicationDate	2014-02-11
Publisher	Knopf Books for Young Readers
ReleaseDate	2014-02-11
Studio	Knopf Books for Young Readers

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