In the fifth book of her outstanding, award-winning series for children on art, Gillian Wolfe explores all the tricks of the trade that artists use to deceive or trick the eye. The book reproduces paintings and other images which vividly illustrate such effects as tromp l'oeil, simulating movement, eyes following the viewer, surrealism, creating texture, theatrical use of light, multiple viewpoints, colour effects such as pointilism, visual suggestion and many more tricks. Artists represented include Escher, Hockney, Chagall, Pollock, Durer, Seurat, Dali, Van Dyck, Lichtenstein and others, as well as an example of Australian Aboriginal art. The author's highly informative text highlights the techniques used by the artists and effectively communicates her enthusiasm for the art. This makes an ideal introduction to a very wide range of art for readers young and old and draws on the author's great experience of educating children about art.

 

 

This book is part of a book series called Look .

This book has been graded for interest at 8-11 years.

There are 48 pages in this book. This book was published in 2013 by Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd .

Gillian Wolfe is the Head of Education at Dulwich Picture Gallery in London. Her innovative education programme there has an international reputation for excellence and originality, for which Gillian was awarded the MBE. Her publications for the Gallery won the 1997 Gulbenkian Award for Best Museum Publication. She is a passionate and experienced communicator of the joys of art to young people.

This book has the following chapters:

CONTENTS



Look - the 3D Trick

Look - high speed

Look - near and far

Look - I'm watching you!

Look - as real as it can be

Look - dream on

Look - paint is the picture

Look - does it exist?

Look - getting under the skin

Look - dotty idea

Look - recycled for art

Look - double meaning

Look - every angle

Look - storytelling

Look - by hand or machine?

Look - even computers do it

Look it up

Index