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Children who respond to fine art with indifference may change their tunes in the wake of this decidedly un-boring family outing to the galleries of London's Tate Britain. In Browne's hands, it's a Tate transformed. In or alongside reproductions of actual paintings, he adds labels, suggests connections, and makes changes both playful or thought-provoking: a scowling lad poses next to John Martin's thunderous Great Day of His Wrath, for instance; a historical battle scene is recast with modern figures; and a lion steps down from a dramatic George Stubbs painting to glare at the family's wisecracking father-who makes further appearances as Napoleon, as an old salt in Millais's Boyhood of Raleigh, and as everyone in Peter Blake's The Meeting, or Have a Nice Day, Mr. Hockney. Browne's title refers to a closing game, in which one player draws an abstract shape and another turns it into something recognizable. The visit turns the young narrator (Browne?) into an artist; it may not be such a life-changing experience for readers, but they will come away armed with several engaging ways to enliven their approach to art. (Picture book/nonfiction. 7-10) (Kirkus Reviews)
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A unique and witty book inspired by the author’ s work with children in the Tate Britain gallery in London. A family reluctantly visits an art gallery, but one by one each member is energized by a different picture in the gallery and transported into the imaginative and colourful world of art.
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Children who respond to fine art with indifference may change their tunes in the wake of this decidedly un-boring family outing to the galleries of London's Tate Britain. In Browne's hands, it's a Tate transformed. In or alongside reproductions of actual paintings, he adds labels, suggests connections, and makes changes both playful or thought-provoking: a scowling lad poses next to John Martin's thunderous Great Day of His Wrath, for instance; a historical battle scene is recast with modern figures; and a lion steps down from a dramatic George Stubbs painting to glare at the family's wisecracking father-who makes further appearances as Napoleon, as an old salt in Millais's Boyhood of Raleigh, and as everyone in Peter Blake's The Meeting, or Have a Nice Day, Mr. Hockney. Browne's title refers to a closing game, in which one player draws an abstract shape and another turns it into something recognizable. The visit turns the young narrator (Browne?) into an artist; it may not be such a life-changing experience for readers, but they will come away armed with several engaging ways to enliven their approach to art. (Picture book/nonfiction. 7-10) (Kirkus Reviews)
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A unique and witty book inspired by the author’ s work with children in the Tate Britain gallery in London. A family reluctantly visits an art gallery, but one by one each member is energized by a different picture in the gallery and transported into the imaginative and colourful world of art.
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