The Usborne Art Treasury
[Tulsa, Okla.] : [EDC], 2007.
Format: Book
Description: 94 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Features 22 works of art from around the world, each followed by a project to do-- from moody landscapes and messy splatter paintings to magical animal pictures and moving sculptures.
Contents:
The starry night by Van Gogh (project: Swirly landscape) -- The great wave by Hokusai (project: Sea print) -- A winter scene by Avercamp (project: Winter trees) -- Punchinello by Picasso (project: Clown collage) -- African masks by unknown artists (project: Cardboard mask) -- The golden fish by Klee (project: Magical creatures) -- Monkeys in an orange grove by Rousseau (project: Jungle scene) -- Eleven polychrome by Calder (project: Hanging mobile) -- The sorrows of the king by Matisse (project: Colorful collage) -- Nocturne in black and gold by Whistler (project: Spattery fireworks) -- Water lilies by Monet (project: Layered lilies) -- Squares with circles by Kandinsky (project: Color contrasts) -- Cat by Shen Quan (project: Cat painting) -- Dancers in blue by Degas (project: Pastel dancers) -- The square by Giacometti (project: Foil figures) -- Spin painting by Hirst (project: Spin-painted plate) -- Bark painting by Bulunbulun (project: Scratched animals) -- Jimson weed by O'Keefe (project: Petal collage) -- Lavender mist by Pollock (project: Splatter painting) -- Glittering tiles by unknown artists (project: Sparkly tiles) -- "The fighting Temeraire" by Turner (project: Stormy seas) -- Mud hand circles by Long (project: Handprint circles).
Subjects:
Painting -- Appreciation -- Juvenile literature.
Art appreciation -- Juvenile literature.
Painting -- Juvenile literature.
Painting -- Appreciation -- Juvenile literature.
Art appreciation -- Juvenile literature.
Painting -- Juvenile literature.
ISBN:
0794514529 (hc.)
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
C ARTS Fine Dic | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Children's NonFiction | In |
C ARTS Fine Dic | Cooper (Forest Acres) | Children's NonFiction | Out (Due: 5/2/2024) |
Originally published : London : Usborne, 2006.
Includes index.
Includes index.