Il cavallo magico di Han Gan. Ediz. illustrata

A beautifully illustrated fold tale based on paintings from an actual artist named Han Gan who lived in China over 1,200 years ago. His paintings were almost always horses and imaginative. The author who is classically trained painted the illustrations on silk just like Han Gan. In the story the pai Leggi tutto

This book had a great way of explaining Chinese culture and the true significant events that happened in it. I thought the book did a great job with the plot and I also really like the artwork the author used for this story. Would recommend reading this book for anyone who wants to learn about Chine Leggi tutto

I really liked this book. I think that it did a good job explaining a popular folk tale found in Chinese culture. I thought that the illustrations really helped add to this book as well. I think that this book would allow children to get introduced to Chinese culture, and maybe spark an interest in

I enjoyed this story because someone saw how interested Han Gan was with art, and he was given some supplies so that he can continue to draw more often. This allows Han Gan to live out his passion, and continue drawing to strive for perfection. If it wasn't for that man supplying him with art suppli Leggi tutto

This book did a great job explaining a popular and well known folk tale found in the Chinese culture. I thought that the illustrations really added to the understanding of this book. I think that this book would allow children to get introduced to different cultures other than what they know. Overal Leggi tutto

This is a beautifully illustrated story of a peasant artist named Han Gan who drew realistic horses during the Tang Dynasty. The story has a warrior come to Han Gan to draw a horse for him to take to battle. The horse takes the warrior and when he realizes the horrors of war, returns to Han Gan to b Leggi tutto