Synopsis:
I spy great art" Here's a seek-and-find book that invites youngsters to look at art in a special way: very closely! For each of the 19 paintings reproduced in full color here, a list of intriguing hard-to-find details sets readers off on a journey of art discovery. With major works from the collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, this book offers a close, closer, closest look at works from early Egyptian to 20th-century American. Included are paintings by Bruegel, Canaletto, Tiepolo, and many other artists. Whether children are hunting for four pink shoes, seven blue parasols, a chair in the air, or a man who looks like a rock, they are sure to find a wonderful new way to look at art.
Synopsis:
Discover all the intriguing details that make great art so fascinating. Each spread in this exciting new book offers a work of art and at least eight items to hunt for somewhere within the painting. Turn the thrill of artistic discovery into a trip through history and around the world, as Can You Find It? invites young readers to look into shadows and reflections, through windows and in the branches of trees. * Find a baby and a yellow bowl in a busy scene from ancient China. * Find a traffic light and a pair of pinky rings in a quiet snack bar of a movie theater. * Find three hands and a white bird in a portrait of a five-year-old French king alone on his throne. * Find five butterflies and two owls in an Egyptian tomb painting. * Find a water pump and a haystack in a view down Main Street in small-town America. The nineteen paintings in Can You Find It?, all from the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, include art ranging from ancient Egyptian friezes to 20th-century works. This book is a great tool to show young readers a wonderful new way to look at art.
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