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Books : The Art Book For Children: Bk. 2
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The Art Book For Children: Bk. 2 by: Amanda Renshaw List Price: £12.95 Vegetarian Books Price: £8.42 You Save: £4.53 (35%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 709 EAN: 9780714847054 ISBN: 0714847054 Label: Phaidon Press Ltd Manufacturer: Phaidon Press Ltd Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 80 Publication Date: September 01, 2007 Publisher: Phaidon Press Ltd Reading Level: Ages 9-12 Studio: Phaidon Press Ltd Sales Rank: 8595 Related Items:
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 Rating:  - Shortlisted for the English Association English 4-11 Best Book AwardsAmanda Renshaw's second volume on Art is as exciting as the first. It will interest readers from about age 7-11 years in what artists do and how they make their decisions. Built around the work of thirty artists, the book is well organised in sections with enticing titles like `Spot the difference', `Never trust a painting' and `Spots'. The book's large format makes it possible for readers to see the detail within the pictures. Its main strength is the skill the author shows in inviting young readers into the works and helping them speculate and ask the questions that lead to a deeper response. Why does Gainsborough leave Mr and Mrs Andrews unfinished? What would it be like to be present at the party portrayed in Jam Steen's The Christening ... Read More: Rating:  - Stimulates ImaginationCan 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 and the first art book 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. ... Read More: |
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