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Draw your palettes! Art novices and cognoscenti alike will enjoy this colorful trivia game
about painting and its history. Four oversized decks have (on one side) good-quality
reproductions of 100 famous paintings--ranging from the Bayeux tapestry...Read more
Kids' Art
Pack
by Ron Van Der Meer, Frank Whitford (Contributor)
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For the right child, this extraordinarily complex art pack is a gold mine. The first
double-page spread contains 13 flaps, each of which is a reproduction of a famous work of
art. Under the flap is information not only on the work, but on one of the...Read more
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Which artist combines geometry, math, draftsmanship, humor, fantasy, spatial relations,
and biology? Why, it's Maurits Cornelius Escher, king of the confusing staircase. Escher's
magical, interlocking images of fish, birds, ants, reptiles, and...Read more
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There is no introductory essay, there are no comparative illustrations, and there is
little placement of these 500 works in historical context. The Art Book is a
completely visual survey of the history of art. Each of the 500 great works is arranged...Read more
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Did you know that the "Asaroton floor motif" was invented by Sosus of Pergamun
in about 150 B.C.? Well, now you do, and, if you get this mosaic-making kit, you can find
out what "asaroton" means, too. Along with a little history of Greek,
Byzantine,...Read more
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A benchmark for intelligent, engaging nonfiction, this superbly designed book is written
and illustrated with a lushness that takes the breath away. Robert Cumming is chairman of
Christie's education department: he knows his art history. But he also...Read more
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"Come along! Jump aboard! Grab hold of my hand. / We're crossing the border into
Look-Alike Land." So invites the opening lines of Joan Steiner's Look-Alikes,
a three-dimensional miniature metropolis that's meticulously, ingeniously crafted out
of...Read more