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Off the Wall Museum Guides for Kids: Greek and Roman Art

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This book is a wonderful guide for all members of the family to use when seeing Greek and Roman art. Although the purpose of the book is to help children enjoy a museum visit, anyone can profit from advice to limit oneself to short museum visits which concentrate on a few objects, rather than trying to stuff the whole museum into one's head in one session.The authors have lots of other good sense suggestions about museum visiting in general.

The format of this short and handy book is most inviting: bright colors, lively illustrations, witty language, interesting facts. The facts are given in words which the reader will find easy to remember.The whole book is peppered with entertaining surprises.

The authors clearly explain to the reader the basics about Greek and Roman art, and how to see differences between them.

I would heartily recommend this small but potent guide to persons of any age who will be visiting collections of Greek and Roman art.

I am a health care worker in Amherst, Massachusetts with an interest from childhood in Greek and Roman art. It is a pleasure to recommend Ruthie Knapp and Janice Lehmberg's sparkling museum guide, Greek and Roman Art. This delightfully written work is a perfect guide to the classical collection of any museum, and brings the culture of the ancient world alive for adults and children alike. A wonderful resource indeed!