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The Book of Art for Young People

The Book of Art for Young People

by Agnes Ethel CONWAY (1885 - 1950)

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)


Introduction

Peter de Hoogh and Cuyp

Raphael

Rembrandt

Reynolds and the Eighteenth Century

Richard II

The Nineteenth Century

The Renaissance

The Renaissance in the North

The Renaissance in Venice

The Thirteenth Century in Europe

The Van Eycks

Turner

Van Dyck

Velasquez