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Three-dimensional full-color artwork provides an innovative, interactive journey through the history of world art, documenting what artists do, the techniques they use, and the masterworks they create. 55,000 first printing. $75,000 ad/promo.
From the Inside Flap: pop-ups, pullouts, and mobiles, <b>The Art Pack</b> is a completely new way to experience artists' use of color, line, composition, perspective, and optics, as well as a lavishly illustrated introduction to the history of Western art.<br><br>With <b>The Art Pack</b> you can:<br><br>Examine a three-dimensional model of an artist's studio painted by Vermeer<br>See for yourself how an artist solves problems of perspective by using a replica of <i>Alberti's veil</i> and a pop-up viewer<br>Break up light with a <i>camera obscura</i> and a filtered <i>Claude glass</i><br>Study the combinations of colors that produce shades and tones, by manipulating a real color wheel<br>Hear (on audiocassette) why the world considers great paintings masterpieces, and see them reproduced in full color<br><br>And much more!
Title: The Art Pack
Publisher: Knopf
Publication Date: 1992
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good