Art Adventures

Maja Pitamic is the author of the popular titles I Can Do It and Child's Play, both successful activity books for pre-school children. She has over twenty years' experience of teaching young children and holds a degree in Art History and Montessori Teacher Training. She currently teaches art to children at Bickley Park School in Kent, United Kingdom. Jill Laidlaw has commissioned, edited and written children's non-fiction and adult non-fiction books, including works on the history of Western painting, the history of Western sculpture and monographs on Paul Klee and Frida Kahlo. Jill has a degree in Art History from the University of St Andrews.

CONTENTS Introduction How to use this book Chapter 1: Colour 3 works of art, with 2 projects per artwork Includes: Henri Mattise, The Snail Georges Seurat, The Circus Lipunja, Bark Painting Chapter 2: Black and White 2 works of art, with 2 projects per artwork Includes: Albrecht Durer, Portrait of Bernhard von Reesen Jakob van der Schley, Buffel, Buffle Chapter 3: Shape 2 works of art, with 2 projects per artwork Includes: Theo van Doesburg, Composition Kazimir Malevich, Suprematist Composition Chapter 4: Animals 3 works of art, with 2 projects per artwork Includes: Henri Rousseau, Surprised! Jacopo del Zucchi, Pergola with Birds George Stubbs, A Couple of Foxhounds Chapter 5: Portraits 3 works of art, with 2 projects per artwork Includes: Manet, The Balcony Taddeo, The Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I Modigliani, Portrait of Anna Zborowska Chapter 6: Landscape 3 works of art, with 2 projects per artwork Avercamp, A Winter Landscape Medallion Cezanne, Mont Sainte-Victoire Whistler, Nocturne in Blue and Silver Chapter 7: Myths and Legends 2 works of art, with 2 projects per artwork Includes: Uccello, St George and the Dragon 16th Century Flemish School, Head of Medusa Gowy, The Fall of Icarus Chapter 8: Light and Shade 2 works of art, with 2 projects per artwork Includes: Caravaggio, The Supper of Emmaus Marc, Sous La Pluee (Under the Rain) Artist biographies Where to see the art in this book Glossary Index Contact