Disney- Looking at Paintings: An Introduction to Art for Young People

by Erika Langmuir, Ruth Thompson

Explore the Mona Lisa's smile, Titian's noises, Duccio's artistic omelet, a Jackson Pollock splash, a king's portrait, an entire battle, saints and sinners, knights and peasants, motorcars and animals; and paintings on every conceivable surface -- walls, wood panels, cloth, glass, metal, bark, and leather. Follow Mickey and his friends through this most magical of worlds as they show us how to look at, understand, and enjoy the works of the greatest artist. This unique introduction to the techniques and history of painting takes the young reader through more than 15,000 years of art, from cave painters to Picasso. The result of a collaboration between one of the most important art museums in the world,?London's National Gallery, and the best Disney graphic artists,?Looking at Paintings?is a family reference book to be treasured by children from 8 to 88 years old. This light hearted yet utterly serious celebration of our universal heritage has more than 400 color illustrations, including 24 pages of comic histories and over 200 illustrations of paintings and details, providing the most approachable introduction to the history of painting ever written. DisneyHand, worldwide outreach for The Walt Disney Company, and Disney Publishing Worldwide are delighted to provide a web based?Teacher's Resource Guide for Looking at Paintings?with classroom activity and project suggestions for students in grades 2-4 and grades 5-6 that correspond with?Looking at Paintings.

Genres: Art, Nonfiction

Hardcover

First published September 30, 2004

About the author

Erika Langmuir, OBE, was educated in France and the United States. She has taught at the University of Sussex and held the Chair of Art History at the Open University. She was Head of Education at the National Gallery from 1988–1995.

Reviews

[RandomReader · Rating 4 out of 5]

كتاب جميل ومسلي ومقدمة ممتازة لفهم وقراءة اللوحات

[Emmy Kirkham · Rating 4 out of 5]

Genre: Informational Nonfiction
Grade Level: 2-4

This book was so fun and it could be a great learning tool! I thought it was great how they included a description of different styles, art vocab, and mediums, as well as give picture examples and examples of artists who represent that. It was a very informative art history book, but very grade level appropriate. it read super easy and had nice, big text. I also loved how it was a Disney book because it could draw kids into picking it up.

[Danielle · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not just for young people. I enjoyed looking at the works of art myself. I can't get to The National Gallery just yet, I'll settle for The Broad downtown LA.

[Cerise Heartfilia · Rating 5 out of 5]

We need more books like this. Children will be more willing to learn with these typws of books.🤗🤗they are easy to understand and enjoyable

[Klara Woodson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Rieccomi con un libro pubblicato dalla Disney (non sapevo avessero una vera e propria collana di libri con titoli tanto numerosi). Questa volta il libro mi è piaciuto molto di più del manuale delle Giovani Marmotte e non mi ha affatto delusa, anzi! È stata una pettura molto coinvolgente e affascinante, ho amato la scelta precisa dei quadri e la loro disposizione (sia per quanto riguarda l'evolversi della Storia dell'Arte sia per l'ottima grafica e impaginazione del libro stesso), le divertentissime storie a fumetti che introducevano qua e lá un nuovo capitolo. Non mi sono mai maledetta tanto per non aver colto l'occasione di visitare la National Gallery durante la mia breve visita a Londra di qualche anno fa. Credo proprio che dovró fare di tutto per rimediare (e pensare che ci voleva qualcosa come la Disney per convincermi)!

[Nojood Alsudairi · Rating 5 out of 5]

مدخل شيق للفنون ومع أنه موجه للناشئة فهو مناسب للكبار المبتدئين أيضا