Monet and the Impressionists for Kids: Their Lives and Ideas, 21 Activities (For Kids series)

Cover; Contents v; Acknowledgments vii; Time Line viii; Introduction xi; A New Way of Looking at the World 3; Art-to-Go Knapsack 19; Take a Visual Voyage 20; Claude Monet 23; Painting the Shimmering Sky 26; Painting Reflections 30; Monet's Garden 35; Mini Haystack and Field 40; Paper Water Lily 43; Pierre Auguste Renoir 45; How to Draw a Face 50; Galette des Rois (Twelfth Night Cake) 57; Edgar Degas 59; Camera Capers 68; Mary Cassatt 71; Every Picture Tells a Story 76; Paul Cezanne 85; Still Life a la Cezanne 90; Stenciling Cezanne 97; Paul Gauguin 99; Cup of Gauguin 107.;Monet and the Impressionists for Kids invites children to delight in Cassatt's mothers and children, Renoir's dancing couples, and Gaugin's island scenes; 21 activities explore Monet's quick shimmering brush strokes, Cezanne's brilliant rectangles of color, Seurat's pointillism, and Degas's sculpture-like circles of dancers.

a Lifelong Love Of Art Is One Of The Greatest Gifts An Adult Can Bestow On A Child—and No Period Of Art Is Better Loved Or More Available To Children Than Impressionism. monet And The Impressionists For Kids Invites Children To Delight In Cassatt’s Mothers And Children, Renoir’s Dancing Couples, And Gaugin’s Island Scenes; 21 Activities Explore Monet’s Quick Shimmering Brush Strokes, Cezanne’s Brilliant Rectangles Of Color, Seurat’s Pointillism, And Degas’ Sculpture-like Circles Of Dancers. Kids Will Learn How The Artists’ Friendships Sustained Them Through Repeated Rejection By The Parisian Art World, And How They Lived, Painted, And Thrilled To The Vibrant Life Of Paris At The Approach Of The 20th Century. A Resource Section Guides Readers To Important Museums And Web Sites Around The World.

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A lifelong love of art is one of the greatest gifts an adult can bestow on a child—and no period of art is better loved or more available to children than Impressionism. Monet and the Impressionists for Kids invites children to delight in Cassatt’s mothers and children, Renoir’s dancing couples, and Gaugin’s island scenes; 21 activities explore Monet’s quick shimmering brush strokes, Cezanne’s brilliant rectangles of color, Seurat’s pointillism, and Degas’s sculpture-like circles of dancers. Kids will learn how the artists’ friendships sustained them through repeated rejection by the Parisian art world, and how they lived, painted, and thrilled to the vibrant life of Paris at the approach of the 20th century. A resource section guides readers to important museums and Web sites around the world.
Cover Contents v Acknowledgments vii Time Line viii Introduction xi A New Way of Looking at the World 3 Art-to-Go Knapsack 19 Take a Visual Voyage 20 Claude Monet 23 Painting the Shimmering Sky 26 Painting Reflections 30 Monet's Garden 35 Mini Haystack and Field 40 Paper Water Lily 43 Pierre Auguste Renoir 45 How to Draw a Face 50 Galette des Rois (Twelfth Night Cake) 57 Edgar Degas 59 Camera Capers 68 Mary Cassatt 71 Every Picture Tells a Story 76 Paul Cezanne 85 Still Life a la Cezanne 90 Stenciling Cezanne 97 Paul Gauguin 99 Cup of Gauguin 107. Armchair Explorer 109Georges Seurat 113 Seurat Sugar Cookies 123 Lasting Impressions 125 Picture Me 130 Picture Plugged In 130 Bingo Monet 130 Art Critic 130 Glossary 131 Bibliography 134 Image Credits 136 Index 139. Discusses the nineteenth-century French art movement known as Impressionism, focusing on the works of Monet, Renoir, Degas, Cassatt, Cezanne, Gauguin, and Seurat. Includes related projects and activities It was a warm May evening in New York City.