Children: A First Art Book - Softcover

Lucy Micklethwait

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9781845074999: Children: A First Art Book

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1845074998 ISBN 13: 9781845074999

Publisher: Frances Lincoln Childrens Books, 2008

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Eating an ice-cream! Playing a tune! Fishing in the sea! Following Animals and Colours, the third in this innovative series for the very young explores paintings that focus on children. Here are 18 works of art chosen to illustrate all kinds of activities in a child's day - boys eating by Murillo, a child writing by Renoir, a girl sleeping by Millais...The artists represented, who span four centuries, range from old masters to some of today's most renowned painters, and notes on the paintings can be found at the back of the book.

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Review:

Micklethwait's selection of paintings is always surprising, touching, funny and thought-provoking. (Books for Keeps)

About the Author:

Lucy Micklethwait is an expert on conceiving art books for young children, and has created the First Art Book series for Frances Lincoln, the bestselling Eye Spy art series (HarperCollins), as well as the First Art series for Frances Lincoln.

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