art appreciation

Introduces the works of famous artists through the adventures of Daisy, a girl who travels around the world in search of her favorite things to paint.

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.

Introduces six paintings that depict exciting, sometimes gruesome stories from the Bible, mythology, or history, each with a descriptive essay and a selection of related questions and explorations, as well as another painting on a similar theme to compare and contrast with the first one.

Introduces six landscape paintings, each with a descriptive essay and a selection of related questions and explorations, as well as another painting on a similar theme to compare and contrast with the first one.

Presents examples of the use of light and shadow in various objects of art throughout history.

A series of rhymes about artists and their works introduces counting and grouping numbers, as well as such artistic styles as cubism, pointillism, and surrealism.

Three mice "borrow" a postcard, which is a reproduction of a sculpture, and from it they learn about color, pattern, line, and shape. Includes instructions for making and sending a postcard.

Examines the life and work of the American painter known for splattering, throwing, or dripping paint onto canvases.