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This edition of The Art Book presents a new way of looking at art with children. It's an A - Z guide to thirty of the most engaging artists and one of their most famous works of art. Designed for both adult and child to enjoy together, the book encourages children to learn to look, and to imagine why artists choose to create art in the way that they do. Accessible and educational The Art Book, Children's Edition is fun and easy to use. A perfect introduction to art for children everywhere. From Leonardo's iconic Mona Lisa to Andy Warhol's equally iconic Marilyn and from Jeff Koons' exuberant, flower-encrusted Puppy to Grant Wood's severe American Gothic, 30 works appearing in the original Art Book have been selected for The Art Book Children's Edition for their significance in art history as well as their appeal to children. The giants of art history such as Van Gogh, Matisse, Rembrandt, Turner and Velazquez are all here, but the Children's Edition also offers its readers an introduction to challenging, recent artists including Cindy Sherman and Donald Judd.The Art Book, Children's Edition makes this broad, exciting selection of 30 key works across the history of art clear and accessible to children from age seven and upwards, but will be of interest to readers of all ages.
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60 of 60 people found the following review helpful
By Sarah Curran
Format:Hardcover
Can dressing up be art? How Do you paint feelings? Can you paint a noise? This book stimulates children's own creativity and imagination by getting them to question why artists do the things they do. It contains about 30 reproductions of paintings and art work from a mix of genres and explains what they are about and how they were created as well as giving detail on the artists lives. After we bought this we took our son to The National Gallery to see many of the works for real and having already had a basic introduction through this book he was utterly fasicnated. Adults can learn from this too and I would buy it for any child from 5+ What is so lovely about this book is the fact that you can read it on so many differnent levels. There is a second book just out and I'm sure Santa will be delivering it to this household at Christmas.
34 of 34 people found the following review helpful
By M. Cassidy
Format:Hardcover
This book is fantastic. Not only is it a great introduction to some of the most famous works of art in the world but it is also a lot of fun. It inspires imagination and helps children (and adults) to think about what they are looking at and what their interpretation is. I will be interested to see how my 6 year old's perception changes as she gets older. It makes a great change to the usual bedtime storytelling and is well worth buying!
13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I bought this book for my 4 year old daughter who is a fabulous artist. Since starting school, her art has changed to be more immature than it had been before. I soon realized, after watching her in class, that it was because she was copying the way the other kids were drawing! I bought this book for her after a discussion with her about different types of art and how we didn't all have to be the same.
Well, she absolutely adores it. We spent over an hour reading through it when we first got it and since then it is constantly being used. We now have a painting of water lilies and a colourful Japanese bridge, inspired by Monet. In addition she's done a few drawings of shapes that are "put together to look like people", a la Joan Miro. It's really inspired her to be creative.
It manages to engage children with it's simple yet not at all condescending text and great full page illustrations. We have not only enjoyed looking at the variety of art but have learned lots as well.
Well, she absolutely adores it. We spent over an hour reading through it when we first got it and since then it is constantly being used. We now have a painting of water lilies and a colourful Japanese bridge, inspired by Monet. In addition she's done a few drawings of shapes that are "put together to look like people", a la Joan Miro. It's really inspired her to be creative.
It manages to engage children with it's simple yet not at all condescending text and great full page illustrations. We have not only enjoyed looking at the variety of art but have learned lots as well.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
9 year old loved it too.
This is the first book out of 2 - together they made a 'great' present for a nine year old who likes painting and looking at pictures from the past, or present. Read more
Published 3 months ago by smr
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent book!
My 6 year old granddaughter loves the book! She enjoys the images and the easy to read description of the artists.
Published 5 months ago by Trivedi
4.0 out of 5 stars
A good resource
I bought this book to use for teaching. It features a variety of artists and different art work which makes it flexible to use for art/literacy projects. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Malika333
5.0 out of 5 stars
Inspirational and Fascinating
My 9 year old son shows a real talent for art, and being keen to promote this interest I was looking for a book to gently introduce him to some classic art. Read more
Published on 8 April 2011 by Essex Girl
1.0 out of 5 stars
childrens art book
I was disappointed with this book as it is not child focussed at all and would not recomend for a child. Perhaps an art student 18 + bit I do not consider it ok for a child.
Published on 3 Jan 2011 by a
4.0 out of 5 stars
Art Book for children
Working in a school, I was asked to do an art lesson on different artist, this book was great in helping me and the children in finding out about them.
Published on 14 May 2010 by Jordan Yorkshire
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fanatstic Art Book
This book is great for teaching. It show paintings and gives ideas for children to create from viewing classic paintings.
Published on 18 Mar 2010 by Christine J. Scanlan
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Book
Would thoroughly recommend this book for the young artist or young who are interested in artists, techniques, art history. Thoroughly enjoyed by our 7 yr old and us.
Published on 29 July 2009 by Sarah Stokes
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