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Masterpieces in Pieces

Masterpieces in Pieces

A Young Person's Guide to Taking Great Art Apart

by Ingrid Swenson and Mary Auld
Paperback
Age range: 9 to 11 years old Publication Date: 11/01/2024

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A young person's guide to taking apart great art

Come on an eye-catching adventure!

Masterpieces in Pieces takes you on a journey through great art from all around the world and across the ages. Some of the masterpieces are famous, some may surprise you. Explore the themed galleries or just plunge in anywhere and enjoy the visual feast.

From early cave paintings to Grayson Perry, see the exciting developments of art throughout history and look for connections that can be made across each masterpiece. This truly global collection will widen the eyes to many different cultures and approaches to art from across Europe, North and South America, Africa, Asia and Australia.

Features artwork by Kerry James Marshall, Georges Seurat, John Singer Sargent, Francisco de Goya, Su Hanchen, Andreas Gursky, Diego Rivera, Natalia Goncharova, Rembrandt, Cristovao Estevao Canhavato, Faith Ringgold, Pablo Picasso, Ford Maddox Brown, Farrukh Beg, Dorothea Tanning, Zheng Zhong, Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Henri Matisse, Vincent Van Gogh, Franz Marc, Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Wassily Kandinsky, Alice Neel, and many, many more.

Find out how to look at and take great art to pieces - and decide for yourself what makes a masterpiece.

ISBN:
9781526314956
9781526314956
Category:
Art: general interest (Children's / Teenage)
Age range:
9 to 11 years old
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
11-01-2024
Language:
English
Publisher:
Hachette Children's Group
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
128
Dimensions (mm):
293x240x11mm
Weight:
0.63kg
Ingrid Swenson

Ingrid Swenson MBE is a curator and writer. From 1998 to 2021 she was the director of acclaimed arts organisation, PEER, whose ethos is to present the highest quality art as part of everyday life. She has commissioned and presented the work over 150 UK-based and international artists over her long career, including Martin Creed, Raymond Pettibon, Mike Nelson, Siobhan Hapaska, Fiona Banner and more recently Jade Fadojutimi, Samson Kambalu and Lubna Chowdhary. She is passionate about communicating visual art's ability to connect people and ideas across cultures, generations, and geographies.

Mary Auld

Mary Auld is a writer of children's information books, working over a broad range of subjects. She has been actively involved in music from an early age, both singing and playing the flute, on an amateur basis.

She loves making music in a group, be that in an orchestra or a choir. Whether making music or writing children's books, her aim is to share her enthusiasm and inspire readers. Mary Auld is a pen name for Rachel Cooke, who is an honorary fellow of the English Association, in recognition of her editorial work in children's non-fiction.

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