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Knights of Art introduces eighteen Renaissance artists through charming read-aloud stories and over 60 full-color reproductions of their artwork.
Children are introduced to the artists in stories and paintings that bring each artist to life through the varied experiences that influenced his art from childhood to adulthood. This is a beautiful introduction to the masters of the Renaissance for 21st century children.
This new, hardcover edition has been lovingly edited to update the language for today's young readers without sacrificing the charm of the original story-telling. It has also been edited to correct historical errors in the original 1907 edition. In place of the author's drawings, we have added over 60 full-color Renaissance masterpieces.
From the author's introduction: "...as we grow older and wiser our eyes grow wiser too, and we learn to know what is good and what is poor. Only, just as our tongues must be trained to speak, our hands to work, and our ears to love good music, so our eyes must be taught to see what is beautiful, or we may perhaps pass it carelessly by, and lose a great joy which might be ours. So now if you learn something about these great artists and their wonderful pictures, it will help your eyes to grow wise. And some day should you visit sunny Italy, where these men lived and worked, you will feel that they are quite old friends. Their pictures will not only be a delight to your eyes, but will teach your heart something deeper and more wonderful than any words can explain."
Bound in hardcover to last a lifetime. Perfect for gift-giving!
Hardcover, 135 pages. Published by RC History LLC
Original book by Amy Steedman.
Edited and updated by Sonya Romens and Kate Jackson
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Incredible. 
