Jan Morris returns to Venice in this loving tribute to one of the great Renaissance masters.In the course of writing Venice; her 1961 classic; Jan Morris became fascinated by the historical presence of a sometimes-overlooked Venetian painter. Nowadays the name of Vittore Carpaccio (1460ndash;1520) suggests raw beef; but to Morris it conveyed far more profound meanings. Thus began a lifelong infatuation; reaching across the centuries; between a renowned Welsh writer and a great and delightfully entertaining artist of the early Renaissance. Handsomely designed with more than seventy photographs throughout; Ciao;Carpaccio! is a happy caprice of affection. In illuminating the life of the artist and his paintings; Morris throws in digressions about Venetian animals; courtesans; babies; ships; architecture; and history; and caps it all with thoughtful analyses of Carpacciorsquo;s spiritual convictions. Part biography; part art interpretation; part personal odyssey; and all lots of fun; Ciao; Carpaccio! will no doubt help to rescue the name of a noble artist from its popular interpretation as an item of cuisine.
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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful. It is a good book; however I only gave 3 stars because ...By D. HarveyIt is a good book; however I only gave 3 stars because it represents itself as a shape book. There are NO shapes. Numbers 0 to 9; abcs; a couple of coloring pages. Book is good; but I wanted shapes with cute faces.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. A Good Bit of Number and Letter Images Covered By Illustrations; No Lower Case LettersBy AndyThis is one of a few coloring books I bought a while back to try and back door some preschool concepts in with our son; who has some specialized needs that come with global developmental delays; while we practiced scribbling. So the rating comes from me; if he could give any coloring book zero stars; thats all theyd ever get...because coloring is definitely a dirty word as far as hes concerned ;)So; in my opinion; this coloring book has a couple of things that make it less useful for teaching preschool facts. First; with both the numbers and the letters; a fair bit of the actual number or letter shape is obstructed by the illustrations. Now; the illustrations are cute; but it does make it harder to teach or reinforce teaching about what the actual numbers and letters look like when this is the case. I also felt that by limiting the representation of the letters to only capital letters; it commits what I consider to be a bit of a sin in any alphabet item for young children...omitting lower case letters. Most of the letters kiddos will need to read and decode are lower case; so I think at the very least both lower and upper case should be shown. I think in order for this book to be more effective as a learning supplement; these things would need to be changed.I think if youre not planning on using it for that; this is cute enough; but Im guessing if youre not planning on reinforcing teaching with this; your kiddo probably has favorite characters theyd rather be coloring for fun. So overall; I think this is an ok coloring book; but its not one I recommend if you really are concerned about using this to reinforce learning concepts.2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Free preview bookBy K. R.Wasnt really aware that this Kindle book was just a preview/sample of the physical coloring book; but still it was interesting to look at. I used my Fire HD 10 tablet to access this book; and it would only let me view it in the landscape mode. The book consists of three pages for parents - explaining the benefits of kids using coloring books and 17 of the individual coloring book pages. There are a variety of generic super-heroes to color; the style range from simple to more complex. Im guessing this amount is just a sample of the pages; and that there are more in the actual book. The samples are all of single figures in a heroic pose - with no backgrounds. The figures would probably interest young kids more so than tweens.
