Many Faces of the Face: Art for Children Series (Art for Children (Stewart Tabori & Chang)) [Hardcover]

Brigitte Baumbusch (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: 2 and up | Series: Art for Children (Stewart Tabori & Chang)

From carvings to cartoons, how artists have depicted the human expression.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

Grade 1-4-These titles feature art from around the globe from ancient to contemporary times. A wide range of mediums, including sculpture, drawing, pottery, and masks, is represented. Figuring Figures focuses on images of the human body, while Face concentrates on the variety of ways in which the face has been depicted. Some works are instantly recognizable, such as Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa and Auguste Rodin's Thinker, but the majority are not well-known. The pieces are often paired ("some faces are rOund/others are long") and the texts encourage children to look carefully and make their own observations. A lively running commentary in large print gives an overview of the art but the captions, while providing details about the specific objects and paintings, are a bit dry and the information offered is sometimes superfluous or oversimplified. However, the books are striking. They have bright covers, varied typeface, and creative layouts and will appeal to a younger audience than most of the other books on art history. Children whose interest in art has been spurred by these titles may want to read (and examine) Gladys Blizzard's "Come Look with Me" series (Lickle) or Lucy Micklethwait's "I Spy" titles (Greenwillow).
Robin L. Gibson, Muskingum County Library System, Zanesville, OH
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About the Author

Brigitte Baumbusch is a photo editor living in Italy. She is the former director of the foreign sales department at Scala in Florence, one of the world's largest archives of color art, and has worked as a freelance photo researcher for many international publishers.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams (August 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1556709684
• ISBN-13: 978-1556709685
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 6.6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,561,449 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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