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The Usborne Introduction to Art: Internet - Linked | 
 enlarge | Author: Mari Griffith
Publisher: Scholastic
Category: Book
Buy New: $10.18
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Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 727265
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 144
ISBN: 0439792029
EAN: 9780439792028
ASIN: 0439792029
Publication Date: 2005
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Product Description
The story of western painting - from ancient Egyptian tomb decoration to modern art - told clearly and simply, and illustrated with over 160 of the world's greatest works of art. Contains descriptions of web sites specially chosen to take you further into the subject.
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Great for kids (and their parents!) December 31, 2006
Jean E. Pouliot (Newburyport, MA United States)
This was a wonderful find for a 10-year-old nephew with a developing interest in art. The book focuses mostly on European and American art, mostly from the Renaissance on. The book progresses through the Baroque and Impressionist periods through pop-art and Warhol and through modern uses of photoraphy and furniture as art, gently bringing up the questions that a skeptical young person is likely to pose about "what is art?".
The book provides a wonderful collection of classic art as well as closeups, descriptions of the styles and methods, discussions of the paintings' composition and (in a few cases) the reason for the furor when the painting was exhibited. Gericauld's "The Raft of the Medussa," for instance, was notorious because of its implied criticism of the naval officer (appointed by the king) who had abandoned his crew. No one would know this from looking at the painting, but the book made clear the controversy in a few well-chosen words.
The book is light on nudes, knowing that these might put off some parents -- and their kids. But it does not shy away completely from art's loving depictions of the human body. Too, the more risque elements of paintings are toned down. For instance, Boticelli's "Venus and Mars" lie together in post-coital rapture, but this is thankfully not mentioned in the text.
An appropriate gift for the young art lover or art lover in the making!
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