Spence puts the artist into the context of h is times looking at the influences, political and religious events surrounding him, and provides a brief history of his life, as well as looking at the actual meaning of his works and how critics viewed them ' [This book description comes from a different edition of this title. Please report any inaccuracies].

 

 

This book features in the following series: Great Artists And Their World, Snapping Turtle Guide, Snapping Turtle Guides-Great Artists .

This book has been graded for interest at 14-17 years.

There are 48 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 2010 by Hachette Children's Group .

David Spence is a graduate of the Royal College of Art and a manager at the National Maritime Museum.