From Leonardo’s Renaissance masterpiece Mona Lisa to Andy Warhol’s iconic Marilyn, from Jeff Koons’ exuberant, flower-encrusted Puppy to Botticelli’s beautiful, flower-strewn Primavera, 30 works have been selected from The Art Book especially for this edition, chosen for their vital importance in art history as well as their appeal to children.

The giants of art history – Van Gogh, Matisse, Rembrandt, Turner and Velázquez – are all here, but this edition also offers its readers an introduction to challenging, recent artists including Cindy Sherman and Donald Judd. The Art Book, Children’s Edition makes this broad, exciting selection of 30 key works across the history of art clear and accessible to children from age seven and upwards, but will be of interest to readers of all ages.

The Art Book for Children

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Can dressing up be art? How do you paint feelings? Why did Giuseppe Arcimboldo choose a grocer¿¿¿s shop to find his inspiration? How do you make an Alberto Giacometti? Can you paint a noise? Why did Jeff Koons make a giant sculpture from 70,000 plants?

This book explores the choices and attitudes of thirty different artists. It helps stimulate children¿¿¿s own creativity and imagination by asking them to wonder why artists create things in the way that they do. It explores the various ideas, meanings, roles and functions of art by looking at painting, sculpture, photography and prints and helps develop children¿¿¿s understanding of colour, form, texture and pattern.

Simple, clear and fun, it is an ideal tool for teachers and parents, as well as a perfect introduction to all those approaching art for the first time.

This book is the offspring of The Art Book, one of the best-selling and most recognizable art books ever published.

FROM THE CRITICS

Publishers Weekly

The Art Book for Children by Gilda Williams Ruggi presents classic and contemporary works in a fun way that makes art accessible. Each spread or two in the oversize, paper-over-board book introduces a different artist and invites kids to think about the works in unconventional ways. For Cindy Sherman's tweaked self-portraits (in which she poses in staged photographs), for instance, the text asks, "If you dress up, do you just change your clothes and paint your face... or do you also change the way you behave?" Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

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