(3) K-3 Art World series. Forgiving some instances of art-historical imprecision, this series designed to initiate art appreciation in young kids succeeds in making child-friendly connections to major Western art movements. Easy-to-read texts are full of observations and questions to encourage engagement ("Can you almost hear the noise?") with the well-reproduced works of art featured on each glossy spread. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Art World titles: What Is Cubism?, What Is Gothic Art?, What Is Impressionism?, What Is Modernism?, What Is Realism?, and What Is Romanticism?.

Reviewer: Katrina Hedeen

(3) K-3 Art World series. Forgiving some instances of art-historical imprecision, this series designed to initiate art appreciation in young kids succeeds in making child-friendly connections to major Western art movements. Easy-to-read texts are full of observations and questions to encourage engagement ("Can you almost hear the noise?") with the well-reproduced works of art featured on each glossy spread. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Art World titles: What Is Cubism?, What Is Gothic Art?, What Is Impressionism?, What Is Modernism?, What Is Realism?, and What Is Romanticism?.

Reviewer: Katrina Hedeen

(3) K-3 Art World series. Forgiving some instances of art-historical imprecision, this series designed to initiate art appreciation in young kids succeeds in making child-friendly connections to major Western art movements. Easy-to-read texts are full of observations and questions to encourage engagement ("Can you almost hear the noise?") with the well-reproduced works of art featured on each glossy spread. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Art World titles: What Is Cubism?, What Is Gothic Art?, What Is Impressionism?, What Is Modernism?, What Is Realism?, and What Is Romanticism?.

Reviewer: Katrina Hedeen

(3) K-3 Art World series. Forgiving some instances of art-historical imprecision, this series designed to initiate art appreciation in young kids succeeds in making child-friendly connections to major Western art movements. Easy-to-read texts are full of observations and questions to encourage engagement ("Can you almost hear the noise?") with the well-reproduced works of art featured on each glossy spread. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Art World titles: What Is Cubism?, What Is Gothic Art?, What Is Impressionism?, What Is Modernism?, What Is Realism?, and What Is Romanticism?.

Reviewer: Katrina Hedeen

(3) K-3 Art World series. Forgiving some instances of art-historical imprecision, this series designed to initiate art appreciation in young kids succeeds in making child-friendly connections to major Western art movements. Easy-to-read texts are full of observations and questions to encourage engagement ("Can you almost hear the noise?") with the well-reproduced works of art featured on each glossy spread. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Art World titles: What Is Cubism?, What Is Gothic Art?, What Is Impressionism?, What Is Modernism?, What Is Realism?, and What Is Romanticism?.

Reviewer: Katrina Hedeen

(3) K-3 Art World series. Forgiving some instances of art-historical imprecision, this series designed to initiate art appreciation in young kids succeeds in making child-friendly connections to major Western art movements. Easy-to-read texts are full of observations and questions to encourage engagement ("Can you almost hear the noise?") with the well-reproduced works of art featured on each glossy spread. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Art World titles: What Is Cubism?, What Is Gothic Art?, What Is Impressionism?, What Is Modernism?, What Is Realism?, and What Is Romanticism?.

Reviewer: Katrina Hedeen

(3) YA World Art & Culture series. Beginning with a short history of the Islamic world, this well-written volume goes on to describe some of the art forms used in countries with large Muslim populations. Calligraphy, book illustration, and architecture are highlighted, as are decorative arts used in palaces and ordinary homes, including textiles, carpets, and tiles. The photos, showing objects old and new, are dramatic. Reading list. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Melinda Greenblatt

(3) YA World Art & Culture series. The arresting images in this volume of both contemporary paintings and ancient rock art should be fascinating enough to motivate readers to plow through the dense text. There is a chapter on ceremonies, songs, and dances, in addition to information on body art, baskets, and carvings. Reading list. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Melinda Greenblatt

(3) YA World Art & Culture series. Paintings and calligraphy, architecture and silk clothing, music, dance, and drama: the varied art forms that have been and continue to be practiced in China are described in this well-written text. An introduction briefly covers the history, geography, and peoples of China. Striking photos of artwork bring the book to life. Reading list. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Melinda Greenblatt

(4) YA World Art & Culture series. Though the two pages about beliefs are too general, overall this book provides good background information about Native American art and culture. The descriptions of carvings, textiles, clothing, and hairstyles include tribes from different regions. There is also a chapter on songs, ceremonies, and dances. The striking photos of artwork are stronger than the text. Reading list. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Melinda Greenblatt

(4) 4-6 World Art & Culture series. These overviews cover a wide range of media and styles from ancient to modern times. The emphasis is primarily on folk art, although famous artists are covered briefly. African fails to adequately differentiate among distinct cultures. The organization by artistic form rather than chronology makes for muddy historical comparisons. Clear color photos and reproductions enhance the presentation. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. [Review covers these World Art and Culture titles: African Art and Culture, Indian Art and Culture, Japanese Art and Culture, and Mexican Art and Culture.]

Reviewer: Norah Piehl

(4) 4-6 World Art & Culture series. These overviews cover a wide range of media and styles from ancient to modern times. The emphasis is primarily on folk art, although famous artists are covered briefly. African fails to adequately differentiate among distinct cultures. The organization by artistic form rather than chronology makes for muddy historical comparisons. Clear color photos and reproductions enhance the presentation. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. [Review covers these World Art and Culture titles: African Art and Culture, Indian Art and Culture, Japanese Art and Culture, and Mexican Art and Culture.]

Reviewer: Norah Piehl

(4) 4-6 World Art & Culture series. These overviews cover a wide range of media and styles from ancient to modern times. The emphasis is primarily on folk art, although famous artists are covered briefly. African fails to adequately differentiate among distinct cultures. The organization by artistic form rather than chronology makes for muddy historical comparisons. Clear color photos and reproductions enhance the presentation. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. [Review covers these World Art and Culture titles: African Art and Culture, Indian Art and Culture, Japanese Art and Culture, and Mexican Art and Culture.]

Reviewer: Norah Piehl

(4) 4-6 World Art & Culture series. These overviews cover a wide range of media and styles from ancient to modern times. The emphasis is primarily on folk art, although famous artists are covered briefly. African fails to adequately differentiate among distinct cultures. The organization by artistic form rather than chronology makes for muddy historical comparisons. Clear color photos and reproductions enhance the presentation. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. [Review covers these World Art and Culture titles: African Art and Culture, Indian Art and Culture, Japanese Art and Culture, and Mexican Art and Culture.]

Reviewer: Norah Piehl

(3) 4-6 Art Around the World series. This primer examines and interprets contemporary Australian art, including rock, sand, body, and bark painting, from three regions: Arnhem Land, the Kimberley, and the desert. The text is accessible and provocative ("Can you think of a weather event that you witnessed and would like to use as the subject of a work of art?"), and the reproductions are exceptionally crisp and vivid. Bib., ind.

Reviewer: Nell Beram

(3) 4-6 Art Around the World series. Breadth rather than depth marks this survey of masks from three regions of Western and Central Africa. First giving a thumbnail sketch of the culture that made each mask, Finley then describes the mask and its use in religion or ritual. Color photographs and maps accompany the text. Bib., ind.

Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam

(3) 4-6 Art Around the World series. This book begins with a brief history of the Inuit people, then moves to detailed descriptions of drawings, prints, and sculpture shown in full-color photographs. Also included are snapshots of the artists whose work is showcased. A great deal of information is conveyed in the clearly written text, which incorporates interesting facts (e.g., instead of a word for "art," the Inuit have a word that means "making a likeness"). Bib., ind.

Reviewer: Debbie Reese

(3) 4-6 Art Around the World series. Techniques used to carve wood blocks (a popular art form in the Japanese Edo period from 1600 to 1868), the process of printing and coloring pictures, and the influence of the prints on Western painting are described in text and demonstrated in art reproductions and photos. Exploration of six common print subjects demonstrates the art form's importance in recording over two hundred years of Japanese customs and culture. Bib., ind.

Reviewer: Gail Hedges