Guernica: The Biography of a Twentieth-Century Icon, by Gijs van Hensbergen, is a wonderful history book using one of the world's great paintings as its focal point. If you want to study war, Spain, modern art, Picasso and many other figures of the 20th century, reading Guerincawould be a great start. It gives students a wonderful example of how the thorough examination of a specific object or idea can reveal wide ranging insights.
(Vairo Library ND553.P5A653385 2004)
Posted by slw4 at March 21, 2005 09:30 AM