"Originates from The art book for children: white book, first published in 2005, and The art book for children: yellow book, first published in 2007"--Preliminary page. "The 2005 and 2007 editions of this book were conceived by Amanda Renshaw, Alan Fletcher, and Gilda Williams Ruggi"--Preliminary page. "Text for 2005 edition by Amanda Renshaw and Gilda Williams Ruggi. Text for 2007 edition by Amanda Renshaw. Text for new entries in the 2024 edition by Ferren Gipson"--Preliminary page. "This 2024 edition contains changes to the editions originally published in 2005 and 2007 and has been subjected to treatment to which Amanda Renshaw has not consented"--Preliminary page. Includes catalog (pages 188-191).
Contents:
Hilma Af Klint -- El Anatsui -- Giuseppe Arcimboldo -- Basawan -- Jean-Michel Basquiat -- Rosa Bonheur -- Sandra Botticelli -- Louise Bourgeois -- Pieter Bruegel the Elder -- Elizabeth Catlett -- Judy Chicago -- Christo & Jeanne-Claude -- Salvador Dalí -- Edgar Degas -- Robert S. Duncanson -- Albrecht Dürer -- Jan Van Eyck -- Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian -- Helen Frankenthaler -- Artemisia Gentileschi -- Alberto Giacometti -- Vincent Van Gogh -- Félix González-Torres -- David Hockney -- Katsushika Hokusai -- Hans Holbein the Younger -- Winslow Homer -- Itō Jackuchū -- Frida Kahlo -- Wassily Kandinsky -- Emily Kame Kngwarreye -- Yayoi Kusama -- Leonardo Da Vinci -- René Magritte -- Kerry James Marshall -- Henri Matisse -- Joan Miró -- Claude Monet -- Berthe Morisot -- Georgia O'Keefe -- Meret Oppenheim -- Nam June Paik -- Clara Peeters -- Pablo Picasso -- Jackson Pollock -- Raphael -- Bridget Riley -- Faith Ringgold -- Henri Rousseau -- Georges Seurat -- Amrita Sher-Gil -- Amy Sherald -- Cindy Sherman - Jaune Quick-to-See Smith -- Tarsila Do Amaral -- J.M.W. Turner -- Diego Velázquez -- Andy Warhol -- Rachel Whiteread -- Yin Xiuzhen.
Summary:
Invites the reader to take a closer look at works of art while pointing out tiny details hidden in famous works, providing information about a work or an artist, or explaining the techniques used to create the piece.
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