How to talk to children about art
By: Françoise Barbe-Gall.
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Chicago, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 182
ISBN-13: 9781556525803
Subjects: Painting -- Appreciation.; Art appreciation -- Study and teaching (Elementary)
Description: From the Publisher: Anticipating how kids react to paintings by artists as diverse as Botticelli, Vermeer, Degas, Chagall, and Pollack, this resource for adults who want children to love and understand art prepares them for the types of questions kids ask. Providing parents and teachers with valuable tips for making any visit to a museum with children a success, this guide offers a great primer or refresher course on art history, allowing adults to confidently answer common questions, such as why some paintings are signed and others are not, some pictures are small and others are very large, and why the Dutch paint so much fruit. Questions and answers about 30 well-known paintings provide historical background, explain genres such as still life and portrait, and demystify religious and mythological themes. Color-coded tabs let adults flip to sections appropriate to the ages of their children (5-7 years, 8-10 years, 11-13+ years).
Notes: Originally published in France as 'Comment parler d'art aux enfants' by Sociéte nouvelle Adam Biro 2002 ; first published in the English language by Frances Lincoln Ltd, London.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: A good start; title: Developing an interest in paintings; title: Tips for successful visits; title: What to show them, depending on their age; title: 5-7 year-olds; title: 8-10 - year olds; title: 11-13-year olds; title: It's ok not to know; title: Paintings and museums; title: Painters; title: Painting in the twentieth century; title: Religious art; title: Portraits; title: Mythology, history, and allegory; title: Landscapes; title: Scenes from everyday life and paintings of objects; title: The price of a painting; title: How to look at a picture; title: The annunciation, Fra Angelico; title: The Arnolfini portrait, Jan van Eyck; title: St. George and the dragon, Paolo Uccello; title: The birth of Venus, Botticelli; title: The temptation of St. Anthony, Hieronymus Bosch; title: The Mona Lisa, Leonardo da Vinci; title: Landscape with St. Jerome, Joachim Patenier; title: Portrait of Charles V at Mühlberg, Titian; title: Winter landscape with a bird trap, Pieter Bruegel; title: David with the head of Goliath, Caravaggio; title: The cardsharp with the ace of clubs, Georges de La Tour; title: Apollo and Marsyas, Jusepe de Ribera; title: Still life with fruit and a lobster, Jan Davidsz de Heem; title: The judgment of Solomon, Nicolas Poussin; title: The love letter, Johannes Vermeer; title: The Colossus, or Panic, Francisco de Goya; title: The poor poet, Carl Spitzweg; title: Rain, steam and speed - the great western railway, Joseph Mallord William Turner; title: The luncheon, Claude Monet; title: Women ironing, Edgar Degas; title: The bedroom, Vincent van Gogh; title: The birthday, Marc Chagall; title: The mechanic, Fernand Leger; title: Composition with red, yellow and blue, Piet Mondrian; title: Weeping woman, Pablo Picasso; title: Number 3, tiger, Jackson Pollock; title: Untitled blue monochrome, Yves Klein; title: The king of the Zulus, Jean-Michel Basquiat; title: Portrait of Isabel Rawsthorne standing in a street in Soho, Francis Bacon; title: The girls from Olmo II, Georg Baselitz; title: Photographic credits.