Getting to know the worlds greatest artists
Artist: Mary Cassat
Author/Illustrator: Mike Venezia
Series: ... the world's greatest artists
Original language: English
Published: from 1996
Publisher: Scholastic
ISBN13: 978-0531212929
Price: € 9.99 (paperback)
Age: 7 - 12 years
Do you know 'Getting to know the worlds greatest artists' books by Mike Venezia yet? Mike Venezia is a native New Yorker, graduate from The Art Institute of Chicago, author and illustrator. Now retired he made a series of books on art, music and science for children.
A fun and also interesting is that besides the famous names of old masters like Rembrandt and Michelangelo or in modern art Andy Warhol, Edward Hopper and Jackson Pollock also less known names like Horace Pippin, Faith Ringgold en Jacob Lawrence (?) are titles in the series. The series is very divers, so you can also learn some things yourself!
All major museums in the United States sell books and they are used in schools as part of the curriculum. Unfortunately, in The Netherlands the books are only available in English, but the books are wonderful!
3+ supernova stars for Getting to know the Worlds Greatest Artist,s from all the snazzie monsters, mini and maxi!