picture interpretation

Invites the reader to search for tiny details hidden in famous works of art, providing information about each painting, the techniques used to create them, and how the artists and movements helped art to develop through the ages. Answer key features lift-up flaps.

Compares different artistic renditions of similar themes; considers landscapes and seascapes, portraits, religious imagery, etc.; and then introduces paintings as decorations on flat surfaces.

Presents graphics that can be viewed in four different ways by holding the book on each side.

By turning the book four different ways, the reader may view the graphics of familiar objects and gain a different perception each time.