How to talk to children about modern art
Barbe-Gall, Françoise2012
Book
This is a children's art book for grown-ups. In everyday language it shows how to explain to children what to look for and how to enjoy works from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. How to Talk to Children about Modern Art examines 30 fascinating works by modern and contemporary artists, from Gustav Klimt's Kiss of 1907 to Tim Noble and Sue Webster's British Wildlife of 2000, in galleries around the world. The book gives examples of the kinds of observations and questions a child might ask about the works, and provides straightforward answers. 'The sculptor forgot to give her ears!' 'That can't have taken long to make!' 'Why wrap up a building?' 'Why make a painting look like an old wall?' The book demystifies art appreciation and reveals that the simplest questions can be among the most pertinent. There is plenty that will stimulate children's interest in art and enlighten grown-ups too.
Main title:
How to talk to children about modern art / Françoise Barbe-Gall ; [translated by Phoebe Dunn].
Author:
Barbe-Gall, Françoise, authorDunn, Phoebe, translator
Imprint:
London : Frances Lincoln, [2012].©2012
Collation:
176 pages : colour illustrations ; 21 cm
Notes:
Originally published in France as 'Comment parler de l'art du xx siècle aux enfants : de l'art moderne à l'art contemporain', by Le Baron perche, 2011.Includes bibliographical references (pages 174-175)Translated from the French.
Contents:
Start on the front foot: Getting to grips with the problem -- Discovering other perspectives ; It's OK not to know everything: Modern and contemporary art -- What is twentieth-century art about? -- The artist's toolbox -- About the artists -- Art in museums and elsewhere -- What to focus on depending on their age ; The artworks: The kiss / Gustav Klimt -- Piano keyboard / Frantisek Kupka -- The conversation / Henri Matisse -- The sleeping muse / Constantin Brancusi -- Nude descending a staircase No. 2 / Marcel Duchamp -- The Crucifixion / Pablo Picasso -- The human condition / Rene Magritte -- Dream caused by the flight of a bee around a pomegranate a second before awakening / Salvador Dali -- Pare des princes (the great footballers) / Nicolas de Stael -- Woman I / Willem De Kooning -- Painting / Antoni Tapies -- The whiteness of the whale / Sam Francis -- Pilgrim / Robert Rauschenberg -- Coat / Etienne Martin -- Bus riders / George Segal -- A bigger splash / David Hockney -- Thira / Brice Marden -- Chapter / Robert Ryman -- Large interior W11 (after Watteau) / Lucian Freud -- Five mountains not to climb on / Wolfgang Laib -- Camouflage Joseph Beuys / Andy Warhol -- Rabbit / Jeff Koons -- Vanitas: Flesh dress for an albino anorexic / Jana Sterbak -- La tour aux figures / Jean Dubuffet -- Odessa monument / Christian Boltanski -- Wrapped Reichstag / Jeanne-Claude -- 727 / Takashi Murakami -- Mum / Louise Bourgeois -- Him / Maurizio Cattelan -- British wildlife / Tim Noble & Sue Webster.
ISBN:
97807112328919780711232891 (paperback)
Dewey class:
372.5044701.1
Language:
EnglishFrench
Subject:
BRN:
3079
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| narrm ngarrgu Library and Family Services | -Art and Culture | ARTS 701.1 BARB | Available |