Disney Looking at Paintings - Hardcover

Thompson, Ruth; Langmuir, Erika

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1857099273 ISBN 13: 9781857099270

Publisher: National Gallery Company Ltd, 2002

Synopsis

The Walt Disney Organisation and the National Gallery have joined forces to produce a unique introduction to paintings which will delight both children and their parents. Long description = Disney Guide to Looking at Paintings with the National Gallery - Why did Mona Lisa smile? - When is a picture like a window? - How did medieval artists use gold coins to represent Heaven? Answers to these and many other intriguing questions can be found in this light-hearted yet informative guide to looking at great paintings. Familiar Disney characters are combined with images from the National Gallery Collection to introduce children to pictures in an informal and enjoyable way. Through a series of themed chapters, the authors explore and explain why and how pictures have been made, from cave paintings to, medieval alterpieces, and from portraits to action painting. Size and shape of paintings, perspective and viewpoint, and how artists use colour and paint, are all clearly discussed and explained with the help of over100 works by famous artists such as Botticelli, Rembrandt, Van Gogh, Monet and Picasso. In specially created cartoon stories throughout the book, Mickey Mouse and his friends celebrate key moments in the history of Western art. Lively quizzes encourage you to look twice at every picture. The Walt Disney Organisation and the National Gallery have joined forces to produce a unique introduction to paintings which will delight both children and their parents. Full colour illustration throughout 72 NG pictures plus details 24 pictures from other collections 60 individual Disney cartoons and 12 pages of cartoon strips

Edition details

• Publisher: National Gallery Company Ltd
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1857099273
• ISBN 13: 9781857099270
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 162