num_pages: 32
description: "The Mysteries of Chris Van Allsburg"; November 20, 2004-March 13, 2005. "Through a Glass, Darkly", by Jane Bayard Curley. Catalog Design by Rita Marshall, 23 Illustrations, Paper, 32 pp, 8 ¾" x 8 ½", 1,000 Copies, First Edition. From "Acknowledgments," by H. Nichols B. Clark: "Like his mentor Maurice Sendak, Chris Van Allsburg proves through his highly imaginative work that children enjoy material that may prove unsettling to adults. In "Jumanji" (1981), for example, the monkeys pillaging the kitchen are not the lovable characters typified by Curious George. Throughout his oeuvre, Van Allsburg propels his reader in and out of reality and, as Jane Curley points out in her essay, looks to earlier traditions for inspiration. His admiration for the German Romantics -- early and late -- combines the hermetic stillness of Caspar David Friedrich with Max Klinger's penchant for the bizarre to produce what the artist himself terms a 'gentle surrealism.' "
language: English
title: The Mysteries of Chris Van Allsburg
titlecomplete: The Mysteries of Chris Van Allsburg
genres: Short Stories, Art, Childrens, Writing, School, Young Adult, Picture Books, Fantasy, Mystery, Fiction
ratings_count: 6660
awards: awardedAt: 473414400000
name: Boston Globe-Horn Book Award
category: Picture Book, awardedAt: 473414400000
name: Irma Black Award
publisher: Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art