Albrecht Durer

Art for Children

by Ernest Raboff

A biographical sketch of the German painter and printmaker accompanies fifteen color reproductions and critical interpretations of his works.

Genres: Art, Biography, Nonfiction

Paperback

First published February 1, 1982

Reviews

[Bhan13 · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love Raboff's books, they reproduce many pieces of art with a fairly large font that is easy for young kids to read and explain things in a way that helps children see more in a painting than they would have known was there by just looking at it.

[Heidi · Rating 5 out of 5]

I absolutely LOVE this book. It has some of my favorite works by Dürer in it which really only adds to it's wonderfulness.

[Julie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I am writing a biography of Albrecht Dürer for a midterm paper. Whenever tackling a new subject for the first time I will start with a children's book to get an overview of the subject before going for a deeper understanding. This book is filled with full-color reproductions of Dürer's magnificent paintings, drawings and designs. The writing is in a large print format and the author offers us a brief biographical sketch and tells the significance of each of the works included in an engaging manner.

[Karen · Rating 1 out of 5]

Pre-read for CC1

[Littlebibliophile · Rating 2 out of 5]

We were looking for a book to introduce Albrecht Durer’s work to my six year old. I loved the compilation of art pieces chosen and how they were printed largely and easy to analyze, experience, and discuss. I liked the interesting text font and color choices, but was disappointed in the actual content of the text. I would have liked more information about the artist’s life or the specific pieces (techniques, interpretation, the subject, etc.), but we felt the text was too much unnecessary flowery language and not enough substance that didn’t add much to the book and beautiful accompanying visuals.

[Kelli · Rating 3 out of 5]

I wanted to love it. There isn’t a lot of biographical details about Durur here. The subtitle is “Art for Children “ I appreciated the in depth descriptions / analysis of some of the paintings, some of them were so lofty and grandiose that I believe this would be arduous for younger readers.

[Jen · Rating 4 out of 5]

I know there are more contemporary versions of art for children, but I adore this series by Raboff.