Nine Famous Artists Your Children Will Love : An Art Discovery Primer and Handbook for Parents and Their Children

by Napoliello, Michael E., Jr.

• ISBN13: 9780971695849
• ISBN10: 0971695849
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-07-01
• Publisher: Seven Locks Pr

Summary

A fascinating art primer for parents and their children. You'll be amazed, inspired and thoroughly entertained by what Michael Napoliello and other experts have to say within these pages, about your child's potential in life when he or she begins to enjoy art with you. There is an alternative to Disneyland, the movies, video arcades, or Chuck E. Cheese's this weekend; it's your local art museum. Learn how to visit a museum like a pro. Enjoy the brief biographies and samples of the work of nine contemporary artists that both you and your children will love. Discover how they created their art, and why. It's all here -- the essential starter's guide to a lifelong passion for learning by discovering the world of art; complete with a full art glossary and a listing of all the major museums in the U.S. with their phone numbers, web sites and addresses. In writing Nine Famous Artists Your Children Will Love, Michael Napoliello fulfilled a life long dream; to bring parents and children together through the joy and appreciation of art, and to provide a path to a lifetime love of learning for the young. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Mr. Napoliello is the founder of Gallery C, a southern California art gallery. For six years, he was also the owner and editor of, "The Wave," a newspaper devoted to the arts and leisure. Mr. Napoliello is a frequent speaker at UCLA and USC

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. ix
Wow!	p. 1
Why These Nine Artists?	p. 19
Alexander Calder
Red Grooms
Wassily Kandinsky
Fernand Leger
Roy Lichtenstein
Joan Miro
Claes Oldenburg
Jackson Pollock
David Smith
About These Artists	p. 39
Introducing Your Children to Art	p. 55
How to Experience the Museum Like a Pro on Your First Visit	p. 79
Basic Art Smarts for Parents	p. 89
Art and Your Life	p. 94
Glossary	p. 96
Major U.S. Art Galleries and Museums	p. 129
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