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goldentortoisebeetle's review
I was not expecting to like this as much as I did! This was a super enjoyable and educational biography, with appropriate context and a good flow. I'll probably get others from this series, and I would purchase this book for an aspiring sculptor. Even more exciting to read since I recently purchased Edmonia Lewis stamps!
curiousquokka's review
3.0
I first heard of Edmonia Lewis at a Fred Wilson exhibition at the Allen Memorial Art Museum at Oberlin, where Lewis attended school. Why had I never read about her in my art history education? That question probably has obvious answers. So I was excited to see a short graphic novel about her! The book is mostly chronological, with the middle section focusing on the life of Lewis' most well-known sculpture. I appreciated this section and I think it calls the reader to ask questions about whose art is saved and valued, but I was most interested in Lewis' life story. The images in the book are, for the most part, straightforward interpretations of the text. The book is short, its target audience is middle-high schoolers, and we don't know much about Lewis' later life. It definitely left me wanting more!
alatarmaia's review
hopeful
informative
fast-paced
4.25
Very informative, but quick (not a fault, just saying). I'm glad I know about this lady now!
melaniegaum's review
4.0
Nice biography about one of my favorite sculptors. I learned some details about her life I did not know before. Unfortunately the book is rather small so the text was small as well. I wish it had been a little bigger.
marawoo's review
4.0
This was a really great introduction to an artist that I had never heard of. I looked up many of her sculptures during the reading if this book, and am now intrigued to dive deeper. Also, this is the first of a new series, so I’ll be looking for more!
laure's review against another edition
informative
reflective
fast-paced
2.5
It's a summary of Edmonia Lewis's life and while she had an interesting life, it was written in a very dry way.
It didn't feel like I was being told a story, but instead it read more like an illustrated wikipedia article. It was one fact about her life after an other, without it really being strung together in a way that felt captivating.
I ended up feeling quite removed and Edmonia never really leapt off the page.
The illustrations are beautiful though, but the lack of story telling let it down for me.
It didn't feel like I was being told a story, but instead it read more like an illustrated wikipedia article. It was one fact about her life after an other, without it really being strung together in a way that felt captivating.
I ended up feeling quite removed and Edmonia never really leapt off the page.
The illustrations are beautiful though, but the lack of story telling let it down for me.
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