The works featured in ANIMALS IN ART represent a variety of styles which students will encounter again in museums and in books: the muscular realism of Rosa Bonheur's "The Horse Fair", the delicate romanticism of Martin Johnson Heade's "Cattleya Orchid" and "Three Brazilian Hummingbirds," the bold abstraction of Henri Matisse's "The Snail." They also represent an intriguing menagerie of beasts, from the mysterious deer and horses stampeding across the wall of Lascaux cave to Paul Klee's whimsical heart-nosed cat dreaming of a bird. Each picture has on its facing page a selection of questions and starting points for talking to children about the meaning of the painting, how it makes them feel, and a host of other. and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at great prices. The Come Look With me series by Gladys S Blizzard is an absolutely wonderful inspiration point for getting children to appreciate art and to think creatively. Using an approach which is as fun as it is effective, the author deftly guides her young audience toward their own understanding of and delight in the world of art. : Come Look With Me: Animals in Art (9781565660137) by Blizzard, Gladys S. In COME LOOK WITH ME: ANIMALS IN ART, she makes the most of children's natural curiosity about animals to introduce them not only to twelve magnificent works of art, but also to a whole new way of encountering art. Few subjects have more immediate appeal to children than animals, and few methods of teaching students to appreciate fine art have proven more successful than those of educator Gladys S.
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