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Authors: Dennis P. Doordan, Kathleen Walsh-Piper
ISBN-13: 9780810843073, ISBN-10: 0810843072
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Date Published: October 2002
Edition: BK&CD-ROM

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Author Biography: Dennis P. Doordan

Book Synopsis

Lessons on point of view, stream of consciousness, description, and monologue are developed along with imagination, sensations, and dreams. This guide is a masterpiece of ideas and inspiration that marries the act of writing imaginatively with the art of observation. Includes a CD-ROM featuring a collection of images by known artists.

Table of Contents

Illustrations
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1Breaking Down Barriers to Looking1
2Sense Impressions and Word Images10
3Using Paintings to Write about the Setting: Landscape31
4Correspondence between Writing and Art: Characters50
5Art Develops Imagination60
6For Younger Students75
7Words in Pictures84
8Sculpture: The Sense of Form and Space95
9Museum Visit Journal107
An Educator's Response113
Bibliography117
Index123
About the Author127

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