How To Talk to Children About Modern Art by Françoise Barbe-Gall

How To Talk to Children About Modern Art by Françoise Barbe-Gall

This is a children's art book for grown-ups. In everyday language it shows how to explain to children what to look for and how to enjoy works from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. How to Talk to Children about Modern Art examines 30 fascinating works by modern and contemporary artists, from Gustav Klimt's Kiss of 1907 to Tim Noble and Sue Webster's British Wildlife of 2000, in galleries around the world. The book gives examples of the kinds of observations and questions a child might ask about the works, and provides straightforward answers. 'The sculptor forgot to give her ears!' 'That can't have taken long to make!' 'Why wrap up a building?' 'Why make a painting look like an old wall?' The book demystifies art appreciation and reveals that the simplest questions can be among the most pertinent. There is plenty that will stimulate children's interest in art and enlighten grown-ups too.

'An inspiring starting point to a wonderful activity to share'

Useful little book

Bringing a fresh eye to the sometimes opaque world of modern art.

I've learned a lot from this author's unpretentious art guides, which include How to Look at a Painting. Now she suggests ways of explaining to children what to look for in 30 works by modern and contemporary artists.

Bringing a fresh eye to the sometimes opaque world of modern art.

A very useful and enlightening book.

This book answers all the awkward questions that might be thrown at you... You'll take the kids to Tate with a new confidence.

Useful little book

'An inspiring starting point to a wonderful activity to share.'

Françoise Barbe-Gall studied history of art at the Sorbonne and also at the Ecole du Louvre, where she now teaches. She also directs an association called CORETA (Comment Regarder un Tableau), for whom she gives many lectures. She is regularly called upon to participate in management workshops, where her experience of analysing images in relation to publicity and marketing is called upon. Editions de l'Agenda de L'Empresa have published a collection of her articles, and she is the author of several articles on the work of the sculptor Tom Carr. She is the author of How to Talk to Children about Art and How to Understand a Painting, both published in English by Frances Lincoln.

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ISBN 13	9780711232891
ISBN 10	071123289X
Title	How To Talk to Children About Modern Art
Author	Françoise Barbe-Gall
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Quarto Publishing PLC
Year published	2012-06-14
Number of pages	176
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.