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Modern art explorer : with 30 artworks from the Centre Pompidou
—Harman, Alice, author.
2020

Book

Featuring a diverse range of modern artists and their works, Modern Art Explorer takes young readers on an undercover adventure to discover the stories behind famous works. Witty and brilliantly illustrated, Modern Art Explorer is an approachable introduction to modern art for children. Featuring Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, and many more, this book brings readers the stories behind thirty famous artworks. Young readers will see art as something real, something born out of ideas, inspiration, human lives, world events, and the materials artists use. Modern Art Explorer goes undercover and turns each work of art inside out, providing children with an ability to understand what each piece is all about. Buoyed by award-winning illustrator Serge Bloch's cheeky and energetic illustrations, this book prompts children to think about how art comes into being and to take a deeper look at the ideas within each work. Written with a fresh and current voice, this book is a fun and illuminating guide to modern art for children.

Item Details

ISBN:

  • 9780500652206
  • 0500652201

Description: 96 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), photographs ; 29 cm

Other Title: With thirty artworks from the Centre Pompidou

Notes:

  • "Discover the stories behind artworks by Matisse, Kahlo and more..."--From cover.
  • "Published in association with the Centre Pompidou"--Title page verso.
  • Includes glossary, index and timeline.

Contents:

  • Introduction
  • The works: Golden slumber / Constantin Brâncusi
  • Floaty fantastical / Wassily Kandinsky
  • Scary scrawls / Jean-Michel Basquiat
  • Bottled up / El Anatsui
  • Mellow(ish) yellow / Pierre Bonnard
  • Gone to pieces / Georges Braque
  • Stretching the truth / Amedeo Modigliani
  • Love and a huge chicken / Marc Chagall
  • Wheely unusual / Marcel Duchamp
  • Swirling swine / Robert Delaunay
  • Sssnaky stuff / Meret Oppenheim
  • Wrestling with art / Natalia Goncharaova
  • Tied together / Shelia Hicks
  • Me, me, me / Frida Kahlo
  • Mirror bowl / Anish Kapoor
  • Blue butt boogie / Yves Klein
  • An eye for a fly / Martial Raysse
  • Dingy dreams / Joan Miró
  • Good grid! / Piet Mondrian
  • Cow of wonders / Niki de Saint Phalle
  • Cut into color / Henri Matisse
  • All lined up / Aurelie Nemours
  • Not a-muse-d / Pablo Picasso
  • What a drip / Jackson Pollock
  • Argh, my eyes! / Victor Vasarely
  • Looking a-head / Sophie Taeuber-Arp
  • Play time / Jean Arp
  • On repeat / Andy Warhol
  • Flashy dresser / Atsuko Tanaka
  • Great wall of trash / Louise Nevelson
  • Timeline
  • Glossary
  • List of artworks
  • Index.

LCCN: 2019940729

Control Number: 3008322

Publisher: New York : Thames and Hudson, 2020.
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