Old Masters Rock: How to Look at Art with Children - Softcover

Maria-Christina Sayn-Wittgenstein Nottebohm

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1910258954 ISBN 13: 9781910258958

Publisher: Pimpernel Press Ltd, 2018

Synopsis

Featuring fifty paintings from the fourteenth through to the early twentieth century, Old Masters Rock: How to Look at Art with Children demonstrates that art is accessible to all of us - adults and children alike. Features 50 artists: Agasse, Altdorfer, Archimboldo, Avercamp, Bellini, Bruegel the Elder, Caravaggio, Cassatt, Chardin, Cole, Constable, Copley, Courbet, Cuyp, de La Tour, Degas, Delacroix, Dou, Duccio, Eakins, Fouquet, Friedrich, Girodet-Trioson, Goya, Hals, Hoffmann, Holbein the Younger, Homer, Ingres, Landseer, Leonardo, Liotard, Manet, Munch, Oudry, Rembrandt, Reynolds, Rubens, Teniers the Younger, Turner, van Dyck, van Eyck, van Gogh, Velasquez, Vermeer, Vigee-Le Brun, Watteau, Wright of Derby, Zoffany

About this title

Review:

Shares a passion for art that will excite young art detectives and adults alike." - Armadillo

"A refreshing look at Old Master paintings for both children and adults." - Leisure Painter

"Would be a wonderful prelude to a museum visit or a rainy-day excursion in itself." - Wall Street Journal

"Old Masters Rock is a book to look at together, and explains the background and story behind masterpieces of the Renaissance, Baroque, Realist and Impressionist periods, as well as offering kids quirky facts about the artists and their work. The artwork reproductions are gorgeous, too." - TheSchoolRun.com

"A delightful introduction to Old Master painting, demystifying art history in order to make iconic pictures accessible to children and adults who are justifiably turned off by professional jargon and academic approaches." - Gary Tinterow, Director, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

"Fresh, original, and captivating, this is a book that I ll bet many an adult will read on the sly." - --Philippe de Montebello, Former Director of Metropolitan Museum, New York

About the Author:

Maria-Christina Sayn-Wittgenstein Nottebohm (also known as 'Puppa') is a private art dealer and agent specialising in European paintings and drawings from the 17th to the early 20th century. She was brought up in Europe and her parents took her to museums and churches from an early age. â ¨She has lived in New York her entire adult life, working in the art world. She now divides her time between Mexico City, Telluride, CO, New York and Europe. She has had the privilege of seeing masterpieces in museums and private collections all over the world. Many years of dealing and thinking about art gives her a unique view point. Her blog, Old Masters Rock is an art newsletter for children aged 7-12 years ago (www.oldmastersrock.com). Gary Tinterow has been Director of The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston since January 2012.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pimpernel Press Ltd
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1910258954
• ISBN 13: 9781910258958
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 112