If Da Vinci Painted a Dinosaur

By Amy Newbold, Greg Newbold (Illustrator)

Part of the Reimagined Masterpiece series

Dinosaurs explore art history, transforming iconic masterpieces with playful twists.

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40 pages

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Bookroo's summary

Join a whimsical hamster and a tiny dino artist as they journey through art history, reimagining masterpieces with dinosaurs. From Degas' ballerinas to Hokusai's waves, each canvas comes alive with prehistoric charm. Discover how these creatures blend into the worlds of Matisse, Warhol, and more, while learning about the artists who inspired these playful transformations. Will the dinosaurs find their place in the art world, or will they create a masterpiece of their own? Dive into this colorful adventure and see art through a whole new lens.

From the publisher

In this sequel to the tour de force children’s art-history picture book If Picasso Painted a Snowman, Amy Newbold conveys nineteen artists’ styles in a few deft words, while Greg Newbold’s chameleon-like artistry shows us Edgar Degas’ dinosaur ballerinas, Cassius Coolidge’s dinosaurs playing Go Fish, Hokusai’s dinosaurs surfing a giant wave, and dinosaurs smelling flowers in Mary Cassatt’s garden; grazing in Grandma Moses’ green valley; peeking around Diego Rivera’s orchids in Frida Kahlo’s portrait; tiptoeing through Baishi’s inky bamboo; and cavorting, stampeding, or hiding in canvases by Henri Matisse, Andy Warhol, Frida Kahlo, Franz Marc, Harrison Begay, Alma Thomas, Aaron Douglas, Mark Rothko, Lois Mailou Jones, Marguerite Zorach, and Edvard Munch. And, of course, striking a Mona Lisa pose for Leonardo da Vinci.As in If Picasso Painted a Snowman, our guide for this tour is an engaging beret-topped hamster who is joined in the final pages by a tiny dino artist. Thumbnail biographies of the artists identify their iconic works, completing this tour of the creative imagination.

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