Amazing artists and designers

Resource Information

The work Amazing artists and designers represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Vancouver Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Amazing artists and designers

Statement of responsibility

written by Georgia Amson-Bradshaw ; illustrated by Rita Petruccioli

Creator

• Amson-Bradshaw, Georgia

Contributor

• Petruccioli, Rita, 1982-

Author

• Amson-Bradshaw, Georgia

Illustrator

• Petruccioli, Rita, 1982-

Subject

• Women artists -- Biography | Juvenile literature
• Women designers -- Biography | Juvenile literature

Genre

• Juvenile literature
• Biography

Language

eng

Summary

In Amazing Artists and Designers, journey back to the 16th century to meet Artemisia Gentileschi, mistress of light and shade. Read about Coco Chanel, the orphan who grew up to change the rules of fashion and clothing forever. Meet Frida Kahlo, whose colourful, emotional and raw artworks challenged the norms of the art world. Some of the women in this book were well-known in their lifetime and beyond, some of them were not, but all of them were amazingly gifted, talented and brilliant women, creating historically important art and design

Member of

• Brilliant women

Biography type

collective biography

Cataloging source

AU@

Dewey number

700.922

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Series statement

Brilliant women

Target audience

pre adolescent