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Saturday, September 19, 2015

His Gift to America


I have read Frida Diego: Art,Love and Life by Catherine Reef and enjoyed it. Having read Ida M Tarbell by Emily Arnold mcCully, I have realised that biographies meant for tweens is a good way of quickly learning about some great people. All I knew about Webster before reading this book 'Noah Webster: man of Many Words' was about his dictionary.
But after reading the book, I am wondering how some things are just the same - his insistence on standing up (stand up desks) while working, he wrote letters for funding his magnum opus promising a copy (early kickstarter). Goodreads shows that webster has 127 books. It also seems like his fascination with getting the words right connects to compiling facts. Its this naming that starts off encyclopedic works. Words and Encyclopedia are two of my favourite things for all the new stuff you learn from and through them.
The book has many illustrations. some reviewers have done a good job of recognising how the major dose of American History was needed to show the man as a work of his times.

Sunday, June 29, 2014

Frida & Diego: Art, Love and Life



I had seen Frida's movie, been to Heard Museum during Frida's art display., read Diego: Bigger Than Life and still enjoyed reading this book 'Firda & Diego: art, Love, Life' for its pictures and paintings and the Mexican political landscape during the life of the artists Frida & Diego. I wasnt aware of Diego's effort to save pre Columbian Art and that Diego dabbled with cubism. Dr Atl is another reference that I take away form this book for further study.