Discover Great Paintings - Softcover

Micklethwait, Lucy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0751355011 ISBN 13: 9780751355017

Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Publishers Ltd, 1999

Synopsis

A Child's Book of Art: Discover Great Paintings is a beautiful and inspiring collection of paintings carefully chosen to interest children and launch them into a love and understanding of art. Lucy Micklethwait has selected paintings by various artists from different periods in history. Each one tells its own story. Lucy's approach is to turn children into detectives giving them clues to unlock the meaning of the paintings they are looking at. The thought-provoking questions and fascinating answers encourage children to look closely at a painting and to understand what they see. "By opening children's eyes to art we can help them to understand the world in which they live and the people with whom they share it." - Lucy Micklethwait

About this title

Synopsis:

This book introduces children to many of the world's most famous paintings. On the left-hand side of each spread, children will find a "cut-out" of a famous painting with questions to guide their own investigations and on the right-hand side of the spread is featured the full painting with answers to the questions as well as other facts. An introductory text and an information box about the author set the scene and allow children to recognise other paintings by the same artist or from the same period in time.

About this edition

• Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Publishers Ltd
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0751355011
• ISBN 13: 9780751355017
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32