- Paperback: 192 pages
- Publisher: Scholastic / Hippo; 1 edition (19 Sep 1997)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0590192620
- ISBN-13: 978-0590192620
- Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.8 x 1.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 502,920 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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First cave-dwellers hid their mammoth doodles in dark, damp caves. Next - you name it, they painted it - from luscious landscapes and mouldy meat to diabolical dream-sequences. Now anything ca be art - building bricks, half a cow, even a bin full of rubbih! In this imaginative guide, you'll meet rich artists, poor artists, dead artists and artists who really made an exhibition of themselves. Find out about some forgers and fraudsters who brushed with the law, palette loads of ancient artefacts, and how to create your own priceless masterpiece. PLUS are you the owner of an artistic temperament If you want to know, get The Knowledge!
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Format:Paperback
`......if you want to find out which artist liked to use toilet rolls as sketch pads, which one dyed his hair with boot polish and which one wanted to put dynamite in a duck's bottom - read on!
Included are:-
`fascinating facts about the art that is so horribly old and ancient that even your head teacher won't remember it!
things about the art that is so new (and weird!) that the people who read the news on TV probably don't even know about it.
stories about the artists whose work was so nightmarish and shocking it caused a riot.
Terrific tales of doxy fraudsters, fab finds, doomed daubers, jammy bodgers and genuine geniuses....
and......an interview with an apple!'
If you have read the `TOP TEN' and `DEAD FAMOUS' series of books, you will be aware of the way in which MICHAEL COX puts knowledge across, in a humorous way. This book is no exception.
187 pages, split over 9 chapters:-
Introduction
How art got off to a terrifying start
Dotty, potty, squiffy ....and grotty
The artists who tried to reach the parts of our brains that other art doesn't reach
Oodles for doodles
Nickers, pickers and trickers
Here's some they made earlier
Awful art - or is it?
Epilogue
Black and white illustrations/cartoons, quizzes and activities throughout.
Included are:-
`fascinating facts about the art that is so horribly old and ancient that even your head teacher won't remember it!
things about the art that is so new (and weird!) that the people who read the news on TV probably don't even know about it.
stories about the artists whose work was so nightmarish and shocking it caused a riot.
Terrific tales of doxy fraudsters, fab finds, doomed daubers, jammy bodgers and genuine geniuses....
and......an interview with an apple!'
If you have read the `TOP TEN' and `DEAD FAMOUS' series of books, you will be aware of the way in which MICHAEL COX puts knowledge across, in a humorous way. This book is no exception.
187 pages, split over 9 chapters:-
Introduction
How art got off to a terrifying start
Dotty, potty, squiffy ....and grotty
The artists who tried to reach the parts of our brains that other art doesn't reach
Oodles for doodles
Nickers, pickers and trickers
Here's some they made earlier
Awful art - or is it?
Epilogue
Black and white illustrations/cartoons, quizzes and activities throughout.
Format:Paperback
This is an excellent in depth book on artists, In this book my children were able to find out the real truth about the art world - from Cave dwelling cave painters -poor artists - dead artists - artists that belive a pile of bricks is art! Art forgers and fraudsters its all here written in a very simple style tat although designed for the 10-12 yr old to get an understanding of art also givs some wonderful asides for adults. Great humour makes it very readable. Awful Art (The Knowledge)
Format:Paperback
This book was very interesting. In it there are useful tips about art and some things to try out. In here the author tells you places where you can find the artist that he has just been talking about. This is a worth while book if you like arty types of things.
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