How to Talk to Children About Art
by Francoise Barbe-Gall Author
How to Talk to Children about Modern Art examines 30 fascinating works by modern and contemporary artists, from Gustav Klimt's Kiss of 1907 to Tim Noble and Sue Webster's British Wildlife of 2000, in galleries around the world. The book gives examples of the kinds of observations and questions a child might ask about the works, and provides straightforward answers. 'The sculptor forgot to give her ears!' 'That can't have taken long to make!' 'Why wrap up a building?' 'Why make a painting look like an old wall?' The book demystifies art appreciation and reveals that the simplest questions can be among the most pertinent. There is plenty that will stimulate children's interest in art and enlighten grown-ups too.
Additional Details
- Resource Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 9780711232891
- Print Status
- In Print
- Paintings
- 34
- Suggested Grades
- 1st - 12th
- Publisher
- Frances Lincoln
- Copyright
- 2012
Paintings
- 1 Modern and contemporary art
- 2 What is twentieth-century art about?
- 3 The artist's toolbox
- 4 About the artists
- 5 The Kiss
- 6 Piano Keyboard
- 7 The Conversation
- 8 The Sleeping Muse
- 9 Nude Descending a Staircase No. 2
- 10 The Crucifixion
- 11 The Human Condition
- 12 Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee around a Pomegranate a Second before Awakening
- 13 Parc des Princes
- 14 Woman
- 15 Painting
- 16 The Whiteness of the Whale
- 17 Pilgrim
- 18 Coat
- 19 Bus Riders
- 20 A Bigger Splash
- 21 Thira
- 22 Chapter
- 23 Large Interior W 11
- 24 Five Mountains Not to Climb On
- 25 Camouflage
- 26 Rabbit
- 27 Vanitas
- 28 La Tour aux Figures
- 29 Odessa Monument
- 30 Wrapped Reichstag
- 31 727
- 32 Mum
- 33 Him
- 34 British Wildlife
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