Title:
Children's book of art.
Publication Information:
New York, N.Y. : DK, 2009.
Physical Description:
139 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 31 cm.
ISBN:
9780756655112
General Note:
Gift of Kappa Delta Pi, Alpha Delta Omega Chapter International Honor Society in Education.
"An introduction to the world's most amazing paintings and sculptures"--Cover, p. 1.
Includes index.
Abstract:
A colorful and comprehensive tour in international art through the ages, tracing the development of styles and techniques. From ancient to abstract, you'll get a complete picture of the art that's had an impact on our world.--From publisher.
Including all of the important art movements from Renaissance to Rococo as well as the great artists from these eras, this book takes readers on an international tour of the world's greatest art form.
Contents:
Early art. Rocky beginnings -- Egyptian scribes -- Faces in art -- How to make frescoes -- Dreamtime art -- How to make mosaics -- Gods and heroes in art -- Chinese art -- How to create colors -- Renaissance (1400s-1500s) -- Landscapes in art -- Leonardo da Vinci -- Jan van Eyck -- How to use oil paint -- Children in at -- Baroque (1600s) -- Jan Vermeer -- Still life in art -- Rococo (1700s) -- Francisco de Goya -- How to use watercolor -- Katsushika Hokusai -- Modern art. Impressionism -- Claude Monet -- How to paint with pastels -- Vincent van Gogh -- Nighttime in art -- After Impressionism -- Henri Matisse -- Pablo Picasso -- Naïve art -- Paul Klee -- Surrealism -- Joan Miró -- Grant Wood -- Animals in art -- Postwar abstract art -- Jackson Pollock -- Sir Sidney Nolan -- War in art -- Andy Warhol -- Street art -- Work in art -- Friedensreich Hundertwasser -- Modern art -- Sculpture. Carved in stone -- Terra-cotta Army sculptors -- How to carve wood -- African sculpture -- How to sculpt marble -- Michelangelo Buonarroti -- Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi -- Gustav Vigeland -- Abstract sculpture -- Henry Moore -- Alberto Giacometti -- How to create Land art -- Sculpture NOW -- Damien Hirst.