美国名人艺术家芭芭拉·库尼.docx

《美国名人艺术家芭芭拉·库尼.docx》由会员分享，可在线阅读，更多相关《美国名人艺术家芭芭拉·库尼.docx（5页珍藏版）》请在优知文库上搜索。

1、美国名人艺术家芭芭拉库尼BarbaraCooney,1917-2000:SheCreatedManyPopularBooksforChildrenplaystopmutemaxvolume00:00-17:02repeatByAviArditti2007-12-8ANNOUNCER:Now,theVOASpecialEnglishprogram,PEOPLEINAMERICA.Today,ShirleyGriffithandSteveEmbertellaboutthelifeofBarbaraCooney,thecreatorofmanypopularchildrensbooks.Shedie

2、dinMarch,twothousand.(MUSIC)VOICEONE:ForsixtyyearsBarbaraCooneycreatedchildrensbooks.Shewrotesome.Andsheprovidedpicturesforherownbooksandforbookswrittenbyothers.Hernameappearsononehundredtenbooksinall.Thelastbookwaspublishedsixmonthsbeforeherdeath.ItiscalledBasketMoon.ItwaswrittenbyMaryLynRay.Ittell

3、sthestoryofaboywholivedacenturyagowithhisfamilyinthemountainsinNewYorkstate.Hisfamilymakesbasketsthataresoldintown.OnemagazinedescribesBarbaraCooneyspaintingsinBasketMoonasquietandbeautiful.Itsaystheytietogetherthebasketmakersnaturalworldandtheworkofhiscraft.VOICETWO:BarbaraCooneywasknownforhercaref

4、ullydetailedwork.OneexampleisinherartworkforthebookEleanor.ItisaboutEleanorRoosevelt,whobecamethewifeofPresidentFranklinRoosevelt.MizCooneymadesurethatadresswornbyEleanorasababywashistoricallycorrectdowntothesmallestdetails.AnotherexampleofherdetailedworkisinherretellingofChanticleerandtheFox.Shetoo

5、kthestoryfromtheCanterburyTalesbyEnglishpoetGeoffreyChaucer.BarbaraCooneyoncesaidthateveryflowerandgrassinherpicturesgrewinChaucerstimeinfourteenth-centuryEngland.VOICEONE:BarbaraCooneywonderedattimesifherconcernaboutdetailswasworththeeffort.Howmanychildrenwillknoworcare?shesaid.Maybenotasingleone.S

6、tillIkeeppilingiton.Detailafterdetail.WhomamIpleasing-besidesmyself?Idontknow.YetifIputenoughinmypictures,theremaybesomethingforeveryone.Notallwillbeunderstood,butsomewillbeunderstoodnowandmaybemorelater.MizCooneygavethatspeechassheacceptedthenineteenfifty-nineCaldecottMedalforChanticleerandtheFox,T

7、heAmericanLibraryAssociationgivestheawardeachyeartotheartistofapicturebookforchildren.ShereceivedasecondCaldecottMedalforherfolk-artpaintingsinthebook,Ox-CartMan.VOICETWO:BarbaraCooneysfirstbooksappearedinthenineteenforties.Atfirstshecreatedpicturesusingamethodcalledscratchboard.Thescratchboardismad

8、ebyplacingwhiteclayonahardsurface.Thickblackinkisspreadovertheclay.Theartistusesasharpknifeorothertooltomakethousandsofsmallcutsinthetop.Witheachcutoftheblackink,thewhiteclayshowsthrough.Tofinishthepiecetheartistmayadddifferentcolors.Scratchboardishardwork,butthisprocesscancreatefinedetail.Later,Bar

9、baraCooneybegantousepenandink,watercolor,oilpaints,andothermaterials.(MUSIC)VOICEONE:BarbaraCooneywasborninNewYorkCityinnineteenseventeen.Hermotherwasanartistandherfathersoldstocksonthestockmarket.BarbaragraduatedfromSmithCollegeinMassachusettsinnineteenthirty-eightwithamajorinarthistory.DuringWorld

10、WarTwoBarbaraCooneyjoinedtheWomensArmyCorps.Shealsogotmarried,butherfirstmarriagedidnotlastlong.Thenshemarriedadoctor;CharlesTalbotPorter.Theyweremarrieduntilherdeath.Shehadfourchildren.VOICETWO:BarbaraCooneysaidthatthreeofherbookswereasclosetoastoryofherlifeasshewouldeverwrite.OneisMissRumphius/pub

11、lishedinnineteeneighty-two.WewilltellmoreaboutMissRumphiussoon.ThesecondbookiscalledIslandBoy.TheboyisnamedMatthias.HeistheyoungestoftwelvechildreninafamilyonTibbettsIsland,Maine.Matthiasgrowsuptosailaroundtheworld.Butthroughouthislifehealwaysreturnstotheislandofhischildhood.BarbaraCooneyalsotravele

12、daroundtheworld,butinherlateryearsalwaysreturnedtoliveonthecoastofMaine.VOICEONE:ThethirdbookaboutBarbaraCooneyslifeiscalledHattieandtheWildWaves.Itisbasedonthechildhoodofhermother.ThegirlHattielivesinawealthyfamilyinNewYork.Onedayshetellsherfamilythatshewantstobeapainterwhenshegrowsup.Theotherchild

13、renmakefunoftheideaofagirlwantingtopainthouses.But,asthebookexplains,Hattiewasnotthinkingabouthouses.Shewasthinkingaboutthemoonintheskyandthewindinthetreesandthewildwavesoftheocean.Hattietriesdifferentjobsasshegrowsup.Atlast,shefollowsherdreamanddecidestopaintherheartout.(MUSIC)VOICETWO:OfallofBarba

14、raCooneysbooks,theonethatseemstoaffectpeoplethemostisMissRumphius.ItwontheAmericanBookAward.Itwasfirstpublishedinnineteeneighty-twobyViking-Penguin.MissRumphius*isAliceRumphius.AyoungstorytellerinthebooktellsthestorywhichbeginswithAliceasayounggirl:VOICETHREE:IntheeveningAlicesatonhergrandfatherskne

15、eandlistenedtohisstoriesoffarawayplaces.Whenhehadfinished,Alicewouldsay,WhenIgrowup,Itoowillgotofarawayplaces,andwhenIgrowold,Itoowilllivebesidethesea.Thatisallverywell,littleAlice/saidhergrandfather,butthereisathirdthingyoumustdo.,Whatisthat?askedAlice.Youmustdosomethingtomaketheworldmorebeautiful,

16、saidhergrandfather.AUright,saidAlice.Butshedidnotknowwhatthatcouldbe.InthemeantimeAlicegotupandwashedherfaceandateporridgeforbreakfast.Shewenttoschoolandcamehomeanddidherhomework.Andprettysoonshewasgrownup.VOICEONE:Alicetraveledtheworld.Sheclimbedtallmountainswherethesnownevermelted.Shewentthroughjunglesandacrossdeserts.Oneday,however,shehurthe