The Interactive Art Book

by van der Meer, Ron; Whitford, Frank

• ISBN13: 9781608871834
• ISBN10: 1608871835
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2013-03-12
• Publisher: Insight Kids

Summary

Learn about fundamental concepts such as light and color, pattern and composition, narrative, style, and movement, and much more. Inventive paper engineering brings the subjects to life with pop-ups and lift-the-flaps. From the Dutch masters to the impressionists up through Picasso, this fun and informative activity book will inspire all ages. This book presents art in a way that is understandable, entertaining, and exciting for older children and art lovers. • 60 art masterpieces—25 of them with lift-the-flaps—and all of them illustrating something about the process of making and appreciating art. • 12 three-dimensional models showing perspective, color-mixing, the illusion of movement, abstract composition and more. • 18-page removable Activity Book with instructions for composing pictures and making prints, collages, scratch pictures, potato prints, sculptures, and more.

Author Biography

Ron van der Meer is considered one of the world’s foremost paper engineers. His oversized Architecture, Music, Brain, and Earth packs have been hailed as revolutionary in their combination of complex paper engineering and wealth of information. He lives in England. Frank Whitford has taught at Cambridge University and the Royal College of Art in London. He has written many books over the last 40 years, including Japanese Prints and Western Painters and Bauhaus.