Splat! The Most Exciting Artists of All Time
Mary Richards
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Detalhes do Produto
- Editora: Thames & Hudson
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- Ano: 2016
- ISBN: 9780500650653
Sinopse
Splat!
is the history of art at its most exciting and outrageous. Organized by artist and
covering both key events and major movements such as the Renaissance and Impressionism to
Surrealism and contemporary art, it is a valuable resource for young people curious about
art.Each artist is introduced with bulleted facts including their country of origin, most
famous works, the greatest challenges they faced in creating their art, background
information, the movement they belonged to, and techniques they employed. This overview is
expanded with further insight into who these artists were and how they changed the course
of art. Here are Michelangelo and the High Renaissance; Bruegel and his paintings of
everyday peasant life; Manet and the shock of Impressionism; and Duchamp and the Dada
revolution. Children can also read the real-life stories of artists, such as Caravaggio,
Jan Vermeer, Henri Rousseau, Vincent van Gogh, Wassily Kandinsky, and Frida Kahlo, who
dared to imagine new ways of depicting the world. Illustrated in color throughout.