Description
Winner of the MSA Buyer's Choice Award
Join this interactive visit to the art museum and get ready as the guided tour turns into an incredible maze adventure. In each room, you will find recognizable artists and art styles. From Monet to Hockney and Klee and Warhol, each lift of the flap explores a new movement. But be aware, the art might come alive to become your tour guides. If you should get lost in the galleries, follow the mazes in order to find your way to the next room. Jump-start your child's learning of art history while having fun walking through this unique one-of-a-kind museum maze!
This book features the following:
* Oversized, full-color interior spreads that engage young minds to interact with modern art movements and artists through eight fold-out flaps
* Seven entertaining mazes are designed to guide you from room to room and help improve fine motor, problem-solving, and visual-perceptual skills
* Movements include impressionism, postimpressionism, expressionism, fauvism, cubism, surrealism, abstract art, and pop art
* Artists include Cassat, Degas, Monet, Cezanne, Gauguin, Seurat, Van Gogh, Modersohn-Becker, Munch, Derain, Matisse, Brancusi, Braque, Picasso, Popova, Carrington, Klee, Magritte, Miro, Delaunay, Kandinski, Mondrian, Pollock, Hockney, Lichtenstein, and Warhol
Readers will be immersed in the exciting and colorful scenes of the museum that can be explored by tracing the mazes on every double page. In each one there is a recognizable artist style to spot. It's mind-bending, super-engaging, and highly visual fun for the entire family!
About the Author
Luisa Vera, your museum guide, was born in Elda, Alicante. After Luisa finished her fine-arts career in Valencia, she went to New York, where she attended the School of Visual Arts. Since 1990, she has dedicated herself professionally to illustration. Her works have been featured in the New York Times, the Chicago Tribune, the Dallas Morning News, the Wall Street Journal, the International Herald Tribune, and The Vanguard, and her characters have worn their best clothes on book covers, posters, catalogs, children's stories, and exhibitions. Luisa lives in Barcelona, Spain. Follow her on Instagram @luisavera.estudio.
Reviews
"A trip to the museum turns into a breezy lesson in art history . . . Suggestive of works by featured artists, elaborate page-filling mazes allow readers to immerse themselves in Hockney's swimming pools, Van Gogh's spiraling starry skies, and beyond . . . Vera's bold colors and cartoon styling add whimsy, making modern art feel playful and accessible. Ages 4-8."
-- Publishers Weekly
Book Information
ISBN 9780764365744
Author Luisa Vera
Format Hardback
Page Count 36
Imprint Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Publisher Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Weight(grams) 816g
