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The Book of Art for Young People

The Book of Art for Young People

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Number of Chapters: 15

Length: 4 hours and 12 minutes

Language: English

This is a charming book on Art History for children (and everyone else). Each chapter focuses on a great painting, reproduced in color in the original text. The authors explain the story behind the paintings, as well as the life, times, and techniques of the artists.

You may find downloadable versions of all sixteen paintings at http://www.archive.org/details/Book_of_Art_Illustrations_lv, and you can easily do a google search for the other artworks mentioned in the book. (Summary by Kara)

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Introduction (Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023))
The Thirteenth Century in Europe (Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023))
Richard II (Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023))
The Van Eycks (Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023))
The Renaissance (Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023))
Raphael (Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023))
The Renaissance in Venice (Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023))
The Renaissance in the North (Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023))
Rembrandt (Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023))
Peter de Hoogh and Cuyp (Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023))
Van Dyck (Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023))
Velasquez (Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023))
Reynolds and the Eighteenth Century (Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023))
Turner (Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023))
The Nineteenth Century (Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023))
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