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4-6
The game "I Spy" turns to art in this large-format book, which asks readers to find nine or more details in each of twenty-three masterpieces, from an Egyptian papyrus scroll to a Jackson Pollock "action painting." This reissued edition features excellent art reproductions; a lift-the-flap answer key is provided at book's end, as is information about each work's creator(s) and place in history.
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4-6
Kids can "take a fresh look" at twenty-one chronologically arranged masterpieces from Western art reproduced on large-format pages. For each painting, several zoomed-in details--from minute symbolism in Van Eyck's The Arnolfini Portrait to silk-screening techniques in Warhol's Marilyn series--are examined in call-out circles; interesting contextual information is given on following pages. The cleverly designed book includes appended lift-the-flap bios of each artist.
64 pp.
| Chronicle
| March, 2004
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TradeISBN 2-02-051643-8$$19.95
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K-3
This follow-up to Art Up Close creates a game of "I Spy" out of two dozen masterpieces from the Louvre's collections: readers are invited to find details in each work of art. Some spreads--e.g., the Gothic stained glass, the Egyptian sarcophagi--are more challenging than others. A lift-the-flap answer key provides additional information about the artworks and their creators.
64 pp.
| Chronicle
| October, 2003
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TradeISBN 2-02-059694-6$$19.95
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4-6
The game "I Spy" turns to art in this large-format book, which asks readers to find nine or more details in each of twenty-three masterpieces, from an Egyptian papyrus scroll to a Jackson Pollock "action painting." A couple of muddy reproductions make the reader's task unduly difficult, but answer keys are provided at book's end, as is information about each work's creator(s) and place in history.