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The story of paintings : a history of art for children

Manning, Mick (author.). Granström, Brita (author.).

Summary: "Take a wonderful journey through time to discover the story of paintings, from Stone Age cave art to the graffiti-inspired work of Jean-Michel Basquiat."--Back cover.

Record details

ISBN: 9781454927020
ISBN: 145492702X
Physical Description: 87 pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm
print
Edition: First Sterling edition.
Publisher: New York : Sterling Children's Books, 2017.
Copyright: ©2017

Content descriptions

General Note:	Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Lascaux Cave paintings (c. 15,500 BCE) -- Our story begins (an introduction) -- Lamentation (c. 1305) / by Giotto di Bondone -- Arnolfini Portrait (1434) / by Jan van Eyck -- Appreciating Potted Chrysanthemum in Tranquility (c. 1465) / by Shen Zhou -- Hunt in the Forest (c. 1470) / by Paolo Uccello -- Birth of Venus (c. 1485) / by Sandro Botticelli -- Mona Lisa (c. 1503-19) / by Leonardo da Vinci -- Sistine Chapel Ceiling (1508-12) by Michelangelo -- Ambassadors (1533) / by Hans Holbein the Younger -- Hunters in the Snow (1565) / by Pieter Bruegel the Elder -- Vegetables in a Bowl or The Gardener (1587-90) / by Giuseppe Arcimboldo -- Card Sharps (c. 1595) / by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio -- Self-Portrait of a Young Man (c. 1628) / by Rembrandt van Rijn -- Maids of Honor (1656) / by Diego Velázquez -- Love Letter (c. 1669) / by Johannes Vermeer -- Still Life of Flowers on a Table Ledge (1700) / by Rachel Ruysch -- An Elephant and Rider Trampling a Tiger (c. 1770) / by Mir Kalan Khan -- Catfight (1786) / by Francisco Goya -- Destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum (1822) / by Joh Martin -- Fighting Temeraire (1839) / by J.M.W. Turner -- The Starry Night (1889) / by Vincent van Gogh -- Tiger in a Tropical Storm or Surprised! (1891) / by Henri Rousseau -- Scream (1893) / by Edvard Munch -- Water-Lily Pond (1899) / by Claude Monet -- Dance in Gopsmor (1906) / by Anders Zorn -- The Red-Checkered Tablecloth (1910) / by Pierre Bonnard -- Goldfish (1911) / by Henri Matisse -- Birthday (1915) / by Marc Chagall -- Autoportrait (Tamara in the green bugatti) (1929) / by Tamara de Lempicka -- Persistence of Memory (1931) / by Salvador Dali -- Summer Days (1936) / by Georgia O'Keeffe -- Portrait of Dora Maar (1939) / by Pablo PIcasso -- Take Off (1943) / by Dame Laura Knight -- Self-Portrait with Portrait of Doctor Farill (1951) by Frida Kahlo -- Blue Poles (number 11, 1952) (1952) / by Jackson Pollock -- Fun Fair at Daisy Nook (1953) / by L.S. Lowry -- In the Car (1963) / by Roy Lichtenstein -- Furious Man (1982) / by Jean-Michel Basquiat.
Target Audience Note:	1090L Lexile