The Arts: A Visual Encyclopedia (DK Children’s Visual Encyclopedias)
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This beautiful art encyclopedia charts the evolution of the greatest cultural achievements in painting, sculpture, and photography.
The greatest art exhibition at your fingertips! Packed with fascinating facts, clear explanations, and stunning photography, this awe-inspiring art encyclopedia for kids aged 9-12 years takes you on a magical tour through time exploring every artistic style and movement in stunning detail. From Leonardo da Vinci’s iconic Mona Lisa to Vincent van Gogh’s spectacular The Starry Night, this art history book celebrates the lives of groundbreaking artists and their most famous art masterpieces.
Get to grips with world-famous sculptures, such as the ancient Chinese Terracotta Army and Henry Moore’s beautiful bronze casts. Then find out about photography, from the development of the camera to pioneering photographers such as Johannes Vermeer and Julia Margaret Cameron. Designed for both parents and children to enjoy together, this bestselling book on art history is guaranteed to encourage a love of art through the generations.
Celebrate your child’s creativity as they explore:
– “Artist profiles” explore the lives & major works of key painters, sculptors, photographers, musicians, & dancers.
– Our “Closer look” pages delve deeper into a work of art, highlighting technique, detail, and symbols.
– Stunning double-page spreads feature important works of art in full color.
– Striking visual artworks and photographs are all clearly explained and annotated.
– Easily accessible & age-appropriate text covers key curriculum topics
– Number 1 Best Seller in Children’s Books on Art History
From ancient cave paintings to modern-day street art, this gorgeously illustrated art book for children traces the development of painting, sculpture, and photography through the ages. It’s the ultimate introduction to the world of art for kids! A must-have volume for children curious about the arts, as well as parents, carers and educators seeking an accessible and visually-engaging encyclopedia for children all about art history.
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Publisher : DK Children; Illustrated edition (August 1, 2017)
Language : English
Hardcover : 304 pages
ISBN-10 : 1465462902
ISBN-13 : 978-1465462909
Reading age : 7 – 11 years, from customers
Lexile measure : IG1120L
Grade level : 3 – 7
Item Weight : 3.15 pounds
Dimensions : 8.63 x 1 x 11.13 inches
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Happy to be Grammy –
Makes the history of art accessible to younger children
I didn’t encounter a true art history book until the old standby Jansen, the history of art. That would have been overwhelming to my grandchildren who love, art, museums, and any art exhibit. This book allows them to explore the world of art in a very meaningful and very readable fashion. I would recommend it for every child, elementary and middle school – maybe even as an entry-level in high school. Every child should have exposure to art and this book is well written and very comprehensive. I have purchased it for all three families of grandchildren.
Claire T. –
Great collection for home library
I personally love arts and music. This encyclopedia is definitely a must have at home if you have children who love art. Since my 7 years old son is a music lover who plays the piano, this book helps him get to know a lot more about the historical background and knowledge about different music periods and composers.For me, I learnt a lot about the different art period and history through reading this art encyclopedia. You wouldn’t feel bored as it has a lot of colorful pictures and illustrations to explain the texts.
C Quin –
Fantastic book!
Beautiful book for oneself, or as a gift, at an incredible price.
Kurt Witowski –
Incredible Book
Another “par for the course” DK release: Excellent photography, meticulous research, fun and concise reading with a team of people to put it all together. Impressive work.Excellent book for learning about creative people, their work and the process.
LovingMommy2010 –
Amazing quality, and beautiful images
Excellent book!! I can’t wait to use this as part of our homeschool art history study!
CJB –
Damaged Edges UPDATE
UPDATE: Replacement book arrived in 2 days! And was perfect. Great customer service. Beautiful book._—————-After long wait, book arrived damaged. About 10 pages crumpled, folded in. Box says Made to fit your order, heavy duty. Beautiful book, shame it’s a gift.
From Watson with Love –
The Perfect Art Encyclopedia for Homeschoolers
As first time homeschoolers (grades 6 & 3), it was important that I instill a love of art. We are an ART LOVING family. My husband is an artist. I am a creative. My daughter loves all art media, and my son loves to create building and farming landscapes. We are homeschooling this year due to Covid-19, and I wanted to ensure that our homeschool reference library had useful, inspiring, and informative books. This book is one of our favorites. We have a formal art lesson each week for the kids, but I try to incorporate a bit of art appreciation (along with music and poetry appreciation) a few times a week in our morning basket; this book serves that purpose VERY well. History is so much richer when art is involved, so I utilize this book as a companion to our study of world history (currently enthralled in with ancient times). It is a great art companion to History Quest: Early Times from Pandia Press.
Eve –
Exquisite book for a young creative
A totally engaging book for a 10-year old artist to broaden the horizons of the world of visual arts. She couldn’t put it down for hours, and asked to keep it at grandma’s house so it wouldn’t get messed up by the little ones at home. A very high-quality book, sturdy paper, excellent printing, text is well written. And DK always means quality.
MaFe –
Very reader friendly
Alex –
Textbooks are expensive thats no surprise. I bought this book for my art inspiration and to learn more. The colours are extremely vidid and true to the original. Very informative and I’ve learned alot already.
Amazon Customer –
this book is a good book for art lovers, everything from paintings, sculpture, music, dance and photography. It’s my coffee table book, love it.
iman elkholy –
Very interesting illustrations and organised informations
DJ –
The book is beautiful and has a good summary of many types of art. Although it can definitely cover more types and more breadth within each art type. They did a good job for Painting, but others lack breadth such as Music, none of the modern music genres are covered. Ceramics can also be included and elaborated next to Sculpture, as it is an amazing art form. There’s more to like Dance, Photography and even blacksmithing and wood-carving too.