Discovering Great Artists Hands-On Art for Children in the Styles of the Great Masters

by Kohl, MaryAnn F; Solga, Kim

• ISBN13: 9780935607093
• ISBN10: 0935607099
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-05-01
• Publisher: Chicago Review Press

Summary

Featuring more than 150 activities, this guide teaches the styles, works, and techniques of the great mastersVan Gogh, Michelangelo, Rembrandt, and more.

Author Biography

MaryAnn F. Kohl is the coauthor of First Art and the author of Preschool Art. Kim Solga is the editor or coauthor of several books in the Art and Activities for Kids series, including Art Fun! and Craft Fun!

Table of Contents

Chart of Contents

3 Dedication & Acknowledgments
4 Introduction
5 Art Resources
6-7 Icons
8-10 Chart of Contents

11-36 Chapter 1 Long, Long Ago
Renaissance & Post Renaissance

12 Giotto 1266-1337 Egg Paint
Gothic
13 Limbourg Brothers 1375-1416 Book of Days
Gothic
14 Ghiberti 1378-1455 Florentine Relief
Renaissance
15 Van Eyck 1395-1441 Triptych Panel
Renaissance
16 Angelico 1400-1455 Leaf Painting with Silver
Renaissance
17 Masaccio 1401-1428 Profile Portrait
Renaissance
18 Botticelli 1445-1510 Art in the Round
Renaissance
19 Da Vinci 1452-1519 Drawing Things Apart
Renaissance
20-21 Da Vinci 1452-1519 Da Vinci Invention
Renaissance
22 Dürer 1471-1528 Wood Block Print
Renaissance
23 Raphael 1483-1520 Mother & Baby
Renaissance
24 Michelangelo 1475-1564 Fresco Plaque
Renaissance
25 Michelangelo 1475-1564 Lie-Down Painting
Renaissance
26 El Greco 1541-1614 Drawing Tall Figures
Baroque
27 Rubens 1577-1640 Chalk Light Face
Baroque
28 Rembrandt 1606-1669 Making Faces!
Baroque
29 Rembrandt 1606-1669 Shadowy Faces
Baroque
30 Linnaeus 1707-1778 Botanical Illustrations
Naturalist
31 Gainsborough 1727-1788 Portrait on Landscape
Romantic
32 Blake 1757-1827 Hand Colored Prints
Romantic
33 Constable 1776-1837 Cloudscape
Romantic
34 Hokusai 1760-1849 Surimono Greeting
Ukiyo-e
35 Audubon 1785-1851 Nature Notebook
Naturalist
36 Courbet 1819-1877 Palette Knife Painting
Realist

37-56 Chapter 2 Sunny & Free

Impressionists & Post Impressionists
38 Manet 1832-1883 Still-Life in Melted Crayon
Impressionist
39 Monet 1840-1926 Dabble in Paint
Impressionist
40 Degas 1834-1917 Resist in Motion
Impressionist
41 Degas 1834-1917 Chalk on Cloth
Impressionist
42 Morisot 1841-1895 Texture Paints
Impressionist
43 Homer 1836-1910 Wilderness Watercolor
Impressionist
Impressionist Impressionist
45 Renoir 1841-1919 Mixed Media Still-Life
Impressionist
46 Van Gogh 1853-1890 Impasto Post
Impressionist
Impressionist Impressionist
48 Cézanne 1839-1906 Seeing Shapes Still-Life Post
Impressionist
49 Rousseau 1844-1910 Jungle Prints Post
Impressionist
50 Rodin 1840-1917 Carving Clay Post
Impressionist
51 Gauguin 1848-1903 Surprising Colors Post
Impressionist Nabis
52-53 Toulouse-Lautrec 1864-1901 Event Poster
Post Impressionist
54 Seurat 1859-1891 Pointillist Color Cards Post
Impressionist Pointillist
55 Vuillard 1868-1940 Artist’s Studio Post
Impressionist Nabis
56 Russell 1864-1926 Western Sunset
Impressionist

57-82 Chapter 3 Wild & Wacky
Expressionists, Abstract, Abstract-Expressionists, Cubists, Dadaists, & Surrealists

58 Matisse 1869-1954 Story Color Collage
Post Impressionist Fauvist
59 Munch 1863-1944 Clay Facial Expressions
Expressionist
60 Kandinsky 1866-1944 Painting Music
Abstract-Expressionist
61 Mondrian 1872-1944 Straight Line Design
Abstract DeStijl
62-63 Klee 1879-1940 One Line Designs
Expressionist
64 Stella 1880-1946 Mixed Media Lines
Abstract
65 Escher 1889-1972 Tessellation Design
Abstract
66 Calder 1889-1976 Standing Mobile
Abstract
67 Moore 1898-1986 Carving Stone
Abstract
68 Braque 1882-1963 Cubist Collage
Cubist
69 Picasso 1881-1973 One Color Painting
Cubist
70-71 Picasso 1881-1973 Fractured Friend
Cubist
72 Rivera 1886-1957 Giant Projector Mural
Social Realist
73 Duchamp 1887-1968 Happy Accident String
Dadaist
74 Arp 1887-1966 Muse of Chance Collage
Dadaist
75 Oppenheim 1913-1985 Wacky Work of Dada
Dadaist
76 Chagall 1887-1985 Scenery Mural
Surrealist
77 Magritte 1898-1967 Giant Tennis Shoes
Surrealist
78 Dali 1904-1985 Dream Photographs
Surrealist
79 Giacometti 1901-1966 Sticks ‘n Straws
Surrealist
80-81 Kahlo 1910-1954 Special Self-Portrait
Surrealist
82 Wright 1867-1959 Box House
Architect Modern

83-106 Chapter 4 Art Today Everyway
Pop, Op, Folk, Modern, Cartoonists, Photojournalists, & Children’s Book Illustrators

84 Grandma Moses 1860-1961 Busy Folk Art Scene
Folk Art
85 Rockwell 1895-1978 Tell-a-Story Illustrations
Romantic
86 O’Keeffe 1887-1986 Close-Up Flower Painting
Realist
87 Wyeth 1917-2009 First Snow Realist
88 Lange 1895-1965 Photo Story Collage
Photojournalist
89 Bourke-White 1906-1971 ABC Photography
Photojournalist
90 Lawrence 1917-2000 Series Drawing
Realist & Modern
91 Smith 1906-1965 Cubi Structure Abstract
Expressionist
92 Vasarély 1908-1997 Dizzy Op Art
Op
93 Pollock 1912-1956 Action Spatter
Abstract Expressionist
94 Cornell 1903-1972 Portrait Box Collage
Surrealist
95 Nevelson 1900-1988 Scrap Box Art
Abstract
96 Rauschenberg 1925-2008 Combines
Pop
97 Chamberlain 1927- BIG Junk
Pop
98 Kienholz 1935-1994 Walk Through Sculpture
Op
99 Christo 1935- Transformations
Modern
100-101 Paik 1932-2006 Robot People
Pop
102 Lichtenstein 1923-1997 Comic Dots
Pop
103 Warhol 1930-1987 Lots of Me!
Pop
104 Ringgold 1930- Quilted Work
Modern
105 Davis 1946- Comic Creatures
Cartoonist
106 Van Allsburg 1949- Glowing House
Children’s Book Illustrator

107-126 Chapter 5 Make It & Play It
Games & Child-Made Activities

108 Great Artist Cards
card game
109 Masters Match
matching game
110 Master-Puzzlepiece
puzzle game
111 Masters Scrap Book
cataloging activity
112-113 Smart Art Cards
matching game
114-115 Great Art Cookies
cooking activity
116-117 Great Art Dominoes
matching game
118 Great Art Coloring Pages
coloring activity
119 Great Time Line
sequencing activity
120-121 Happy Birthday, Mr. Picasso
party activity
122 Gallery Walk
exhibition activity
123 Masterpiece Montage
drama activity
124-125 Map of Honor
geography activity
126 You & Me Notebook
cataloging activity

127-144 Chapter 6 Resource Guide
128-132 Great Art Words
glossary and art terms
133-135 Materials Index
index by art materials
136 Great Art Techniques
index by kid art technique
138 Great Art Birthdays
list of artist birthdays
139-140 Great Artists & Activities
index by artist and activity
141 About the Authors
biography of authors
142 Bright Ideas for Learning
other book information