How Artists See Cities: Streets, Buildings, Shops, Transportation (How Artist See, 8) - Hardcover

Carroll, Colleen

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0789201879 ISBN 13: 9780789201874

Publisher: Abbeville Kids, 1999

Synopsis

Abbeville Kids expands its award-winning series of interactive, inquiry-based books designed to teach children about the world by looking at art, and about art by looking at the world.

How Artists See Cities uses works by such artists as Edward Hopper, Archibald Motley, Marc Chagall and Georgia O'Keeffe to explore the streets, buildings, shops and transportation that make up a city—featuring 34 full-color illustrations.

Each volume in the How Artists See series presents sixteen diverse works of art, all devoted to a subject that every child already knows from personal experience. Author Colleen Carroll's engaging, conversational text is filled with thought-provoking questions and imaginative activities that spark children's natural curiosity both about the subject of the artwork they are looking at and about the way it was created.

This direct, interactive approach to art—and to the world—promotes self-exploration, self-discovery, and self-expression. As it introduces basic artistic concepts, styles, and techniques, it also provides loads of fun. For children who want to know more about the artists whose works appear in the book, biographies are provided at the end, along with suggestions for further reading and an international list of museums where each artists works can be seen. As they begin to understand the multitude of ways that artists see, children will deepen their appreciation of art, the world around them, and, most importantly, their own unique visions.

About this title

About the Author:

Colleen Carroll is an educational consultant for MTV, USA Today, the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History, Black Entertainment Television, CNBC, Channel One, and The Edison Project. She previously taught sixth grade in California and now lives in New York.

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Excerpt from How Artists See Cities:

STREETS

Early Sunday Morning - Edward Hopper

Cities aren't always noisy, as you can see in this picture of a city street on a bright Sunday morning. There isn't a person in sight. Where could everyone be? Imagine walking down this street all by yourself. What do you think it would feel like? The red, white, and blue barber's pole stands like a piece of peppermint candy in front of the barbershop. There are other shops, too. What types of businesses might they be?

Even though there aren't any people in the picture, the artist makes the street come to life with bold blocks of color. How many colors do you see? The morning sun bathes the scene in light, and creates dark shadows on the buildings and street. Point to all the places where you see shadows.

About this edition

• Publisher: Abbeville Kids
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0789201879
• ISBN 13: 9780789201874
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 48