In Art: Books

by Catherine McGrew Jaime

Overview

Enjoying Great Art Series: Books - ordinary things we see and use every day...But are they always ordinary? Here is a picture book for adults and students of all ages...A picture book of books! Books in paintings...Books of different colors, shapes, sizes... Look through the paintings that span many centuries, and notice the similarities and the differences...Are the books being held? Being read? On display? Are the books the focus of each painting or merely an incidental, a prop?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781495970023
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	02/15/2014
Series:	Enjoying Great Art
Pages:	40
Product dimensions:	8.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.10(d)

About the Author

Catherine's appreciation for "Great Art" started slowly. Beginning with a love of all things Leonardo da Vinci, in recent years she branched out to Claude Monet, Winslow Homer, and Norman Rockwell. And there her love of art sat for many years. Only in the last few years has she come to recognize and enjoy the works of many other artists, and in the process has fallen in love with many of their paintings, both well-known and not so well-known.

This series started simply: a few books to introduce children to art and artists they might not have known - all arranged along a single theme (first hats, then with animals, then bridges, and so it went). Before long she had multiplied her efforts and her books, all the while introducing not just her students, but also many adults to the vast array of artwork that so many of us sadly neglect.