75 great American masters are introduced through open-ended quality art activities allowing kids to explore great art styles from colonial times to the present. Each child-tested art activity presents a biography, full color artwork, and techniques covering painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, architecture, and more. Special art options for very young children are included. Many great artists will be familiar names, like Cassatt, Warhol, and O'Keeffe. Other names will be new to some, like Asawa, Smithson, and Magee. Each featured artist has a style that is interesting to children, with a life history that will entertain and inspire them. Sample of some of the artists and companion activities: Andy Warhol - Package Design Bev Doolittle - Camouflage Draw Dale Chihuly - Pool Spheres Maya Lin - Memorial Plaque Jasper Johns - Encaustic Flag Joseph Raffael - Shiny Diptych Roy Lichtenstein - Comic Sounds Thomas Jefferson - Clay Keystone Edward Hopper - Wash Over Grant Wood - Gothic Paste-Up Wolf Kahn - Layered Pastel Jackson Pollock - Great Action Art Mary Cassatt - Back-Draw Monoprint Louis Comfort Tiffany - Bright Windows Hans Hofmann - Energetic Color Blocks Rube Goldberg - Contraption Georgia O'Keeffe - Paint with Distance 2009 Moonbeam Children's Bronze Award 2009 Benjamin Franklin Award
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Bright Ring Publishing,U.S.
ISBN-13
9780935607000
eBay Product ID (ePID)
107808457
Product Key Features
Author
Maryann F. Kohl, Kim Solga
Publication Name
Great American Artists for Kids: Hands-On Art Experiences in the Styles of Great American Masters
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Art
Publication Year
2008
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
144 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
216mm
Item Width
278mm
Item Weight
695g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Kim Solga, Maryann F. Kohl
Genre
Children & Young Adults
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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