Ben Shahn (1898–1969)
Autor(a) de The Shape of Content
About the Author
Image credit: Ben Shahn (1898-1969)
Photograph dated Dec. 12, 1938
(Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-120969)
Obras de Ben Shahn
Paintings 9 cópias
The collected prints of Ben Shahn 8 cópias
Paragraphs on Art 2 cópias
Ben Shahn; [the Exhibition of Ben Shahn, 19th September--4th, October 1970, Hiroshima Prefectural Museum of Art] (1970) 2 cópias
MOMA Bulletin 1 exemplar(es)
Ben Shahn in Ohio: The Summer of 1938 1 exemplar(es)
For the Sake of Single Verse 1 exemplar(es)
Ben Shahn: paintings 1 exemplar(es)
Ben Shahn exhibition: Oct. 12 through Nov. 2, 1968, [at the] Kennedy Galleries (1968) 1 exemplar(es)
Ben Shahn : his graphic art. 1 exemplar(es)
Twelve Days of Christmas 1 exemplar(es)
Love & Joy 1 exemplar(es)
Exhibition of New Paintings and Drawings 1 exemplar(es)
Graphic work 1 exemplar(es)
Poster 1 exemplar(es)
Tevye's Daughters 1 exemplar(es)
Ballet Review Martha Graham Fall 1991 1 exemplar(es)
Associated Works
November twenty-six, nineteen hundred sixty-three : poem (1963) — Ilustrador, algumas edições; Ilustrador — 64 cópias
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome padrão
- Ben Shahn
- Data de nascimento
- 1898-09-12
- Data de falecimento
- 1969-03-14
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- Lithuania
USA - Local de nascimento
- Kaunas, Lithuania, Russian Empire
- Local de falecimento
- New York, New York, USA
- Locais de residência
- Vilkomir, Lithuania
Brooklyn, New York, USA - Educação
- New York University
City College of New York
National Academy of Design - Ocupação
- artist
- Relacionamentos
- Bryson, Bernarda (wife)
- Organizações
- American Academy of Arts and Letters (Art, 1956)
Membros
Resenhas
Listas
Prêmios
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 42
- Also by
- 13
- Membros
- 887
- Popularidade
- #28,887
- Avaliação
- 3.9
- Resenhas
- 9
- ISBNs
- 20
- Favorito
- 1
As someone interested in picture books created from Christmas carols and songs, I was pleased to discover Sweet Was the Song, as it is the only such presentation of this song, with which I am familiar. The song itself was originally recorded in a collection of music known as William Ballet's Lute Book, believed to have been published in 1600, and held by the library at Trinity College Dublin. It was reworked in 1901, in the Rev. G.R. Woodward's The Cowley Carol Book For Christmas, Easter, and Ascensiontide, and has since been performed, although not as frequently as more popular holiday songs. I listened to a recording of it available on Youtube (see this video), while reading through Shahn's book.
On the whole, I found this one more interesting than enjoyable. The song isn't a personal favorite—although it's interesting to note that William Ballet's Lute Book is an early source for Greensleeves, which is a personal favorite—and the lyrics don't make for a strong story, being that this is really a lullaby, sung by the Virgin Mary to the infant Jesus. The accompanying artwork, done in black ink, with a limited number of color washes, was (again) interesting, but not really to my taste. I suspect that if I loved the song more, or was more attracted to the artwork, this would have been a more rewarding read. Still, I am glad to have encountered it, in order to add it to my "carols" shelf, and will doubtlessly seek out Partridge in a Pear Tree, Shahn's picture book presentation of The Twelve Days of Christmas.… (mais)