I love children’s non-fiction! Through it, I’ve learned a whale of a lot about a vast number of things. About a chef who fed England’s upper crust as well as her desperately poor. About the African American fashion designer who …
Tag: art history
buttresses, beams and bridges…architecture for kids part two
Earlier this week I posted a number of fantastic biographies of world-famous architects. Today I’ve got some books walking us through the story of architecture itself, the how, why, when, where of building rather than the who. First up, this …
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tantalizing, electrifying, art history and appreciation
If Art History and Art Appreciation sound like dense, musty subjects full of incomprehensible notions and frame after frame of flowers in vases… …well, prepare to be astonished and inspired! There are some stylish, captivating, imaginative, exciting, vastly-informative titles out there …
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nonfiction nuggets…a knock-out artist!
George Bellows: Painter with a Punch!, by Robert Burleigh published 2012 by Abrams Books for Young Readers Recently, I read in the news that the National Gallery in London had just acquired its first ever painting by an American artist. …
nonfiction nuggets…looking at paintings through story
The Story of the World’s Greatest Paintings, by Charlie Ayres This is a big, gorgeous, well-conceived book which wonderfully introduces us to twenty masterpieces, dating from the 15th to 19th century, by telling us the stories behind their creation. Artists …
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