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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     School Library Journal Review     More Content       More by this author     Bird, Michael, 1958-     Subjects     Art appreciation -- Juvenile literature.     Artists -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.     Art -- Study and teaching -- Juvenile literature.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Bird, Michael, 1958-       by title:      Vincent's starry nig...       by call number:      709 B618v     Search the Web     Bird, Michael, 1958-     Art appreciation -- Juvenile literature.     Artists -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.     Art -- Study and teaching -- Juvenile literature.       MARC Display

Vincent's starry night and other stories : a children's history of art / Michael Bird ; illustrated by Kate Evans. by Bird, Michael, 1958- Laurence King Publishing, c2016. Call #: 709 B618v Subjects Art appreciation -- Juvenile literature.   Artists -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.   Art -- Study and teaching -- Juvenile literature. ISBN:  9781780676159 1780676158 Alternate title:  Children's history of art Description:  336 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 28 cm. Notes:  Includes index. Contents:  Preface -- Caves to civilizations (40,000- 20 BCE) -- Sacred places (800-1425) -- Great ambitions (1425-1550) -- Life stories (1550-1750) -- Revolution! (1750-1860) -- Seeing it differently (1860-1900) -- War and peace (1900-1950) -- Where it's at (1950-2014) -- Map of the world -- Timeline -- Glossary -- List of artworks -- Index -- Credits -- Acknowledgments. African artists -- Ai Weiwei -- Ancient Chinese artists -- Ancient Egyptian artists -- Ancient Greek artists -- Ancient Roman artists -- Aztec artists -- Basawan and Dharm Das -- Louise Bourgeois -- Georges Braque -- Pieter Bruegel -- Caravaggio -- Paul Cézanne -- Marc Chagall -- Jean-Siméon Chardin -- Frederic Edwin Church -- Camille Claudel -- Gustave Courbet -- Jacques-Louis David -- Donatello -- Marcel Duchamp -- Albrecht Dürer -- El Anatsui -- Jan van Eyk -- Fan Kuan -- Caspar David Friedrich -- Artemisia Gentileschi -- Giotto -- Vincent van Gogh -- Francisco Goya -- Katsushika Hokusai -- Ibn al-Bawwab -- Frida Kahlo -- Vasily Kandinsky -- Khmer artists -- Anselm Kiefer -- Emily Kame Kngwarreye -- Claude Lorrain -- Henri Matisse -- Medieval European artists -- Michelangelo -- Joan Miró -- Claude Monet -- Henry Moore -- Berthe Morisot -- Eadweard Muybridge -- Pablo Picasso -- Jackson Pollock -- Prehistoric artists -- Raphael -- Rembrandt -- Andrei Rublev -- Kurt Schwitters -- Georges Seurat -- Varvara Stepanova -- William Henry Fox Talbot -- Titian -- J.M.W. Turner -- Diego Velázquez -- Johannes Vermeer -- Leonardo da Vinci. Summary:  An enthralling journey through 40,000 years of art, from prehistoric cave paintings right up to the present day. Discover artists and their art around the world, in exciting and imaginative tales about artists and the way they created their work. Written by educator and art historian Michael Bird, and illustrated by Kate Evans, the book also features reproductions of the famous artworks discussed, a comprehensive timeline of events, and extra feature spreads on places connected with art. This is a beautiful and engaging introduction to art for any home or school library. Other authors:  Evans, Kate (Illustrator) Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Sackville Public Library Children's Nonfiction 709 B618v Childrens Books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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