[bksvol-discuss] Re: Artists' Biographies
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:03:26 -0800 (PST)
Yes, there is, and info about the artists' painting styles, e.g.,Picasso's Blue
and Rose periods, Seurat's pointilissim (I think I'm right and of course info
about specific paintings like Guernica.
Cindy
Wish List (i.e., books wanted added to the collection) and books-being-scanned
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--- On Mon, 12/21/09, Mike and Lori Castner <mandlcastner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Mike and Lori Castner <mandlcastner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Artists' Biographies
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Monday, December 21, 2009, 8:57 AM
> Unfortunately, tactile drawings
> really don't help with this kind of art. I would just
> say the name of the painting by artist name is shown on this
> page. I assume there is lots of biographical material
> etc in the book that a blind person could benefit from.
> Mike
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, December 20, 2009 5:35 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Artists' Biographies
>
>
> > I had the whole set when my kids were young though I
> enjoyed the books more than they did, I'm afraid. They're a
> wonderful reference, but I imagine they're very difficult to
> scan and proof--and I don't know that the paintings are
> easily describable. The best thing would be for a company to
> publish them in such a way that the shapes and colors of the
> paintings can be made tactile
> > Cindy
> >
> > Wish List (i.e., books wanted added to the collection)
> and books-being-scanned list available at sites below
> >
> >
> >
> > Wish List: https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Bookshare+Wish+List
> >
> > Books Being Scanned List:
> > https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Books+Being+Scanned+List
> >
> >
> > --- On Sun, 12/20/09, Shelley L. Rhodes <guidinggolden@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >
> >> From: Shelley L. Rhodes <guidinggolden@xxxxxxxxx>
> >> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Artists' Biographies
> >> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Cc: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Date: Sunday, December 20, 2009, 2:46 PM
> >> hi everyone,
> >>
> >> I am wondering, if it would be worth continuing
> with the
> >> Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists?
> series.
> >>
> >> We have Da Vinchi, Van Goe and Momet in the
> collection at
> >> present and just submitted Raphael and Piccaso, I
> have Mark
> >> Chagall to submit as well. But wondering if
> there is
> >> interest for these books, should I continue to do
> them?
> >>
> >> It is an entire series, I can google the entire
> list.
> >>
> >>
> >> Shelley L. Rhodes, VRT
> >>
> >> Guide dogs for the Blind Alumni Association
> >> www.guidedogs.com
> >>
> >> Reading a book is like rewriting it for yourself.
> You bring
> >> to a novel, anything you read, all your experience
> of the
> >> world. You bring your history and you read it in
> your own
> >> terms. -Angela Carter, novelist and journalist
> (1940-1992)
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