What's the Big Idea?: Activities and Adventures in Abstract Art (Art Explorers) | 
| Author: Joyce Raimondo
Publisher: Watson-Guptill
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 145006
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 48
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 10.1 x 8.1 x 0.4
ISBN: 0823099989
Dewey Decimal Number: 709.04
EAN: 9780823099986
ASIN: 0823099989
Publication Date: January 8, 2008
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DIVThe Art Explorers series offers a new approach to art, encouraging kids to interpret what they see in famous artworks, then try the techniques themselves. IWhat#8217;s the Big Idea?: Activities and Adventures in Abstract Art,/I the fifth book in the series, draws children into the intriguing, involving world of abstract art by highlighting the work of six famous artists. From IRed Canna/I by Georgia O#8217;Keeffe to IWeeping Woman/I by Pablo Picasso, from ILa Ville/I by Fernand Leger to a plate from IJazz/I by Henri Matisse, from IMyxomatose /Iby Alexander Calder to IWater of the Flowery Mill/I by Arshile Gorky, each artist is represented by a famous artwork, paired with questions to get kids thinking about what they see. Easy-to-follow activities provide hands-on experience with the artist's techniques, subject, and media, each illustrated with examples by real kids. Packed with great art and great activities, IWhat#8217;s the Big Idea?/I lets kids understand art--and become artists themselves./DIV
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What's the Big Idea? September 27, 2008
What's the Big Idea? Follows in the style of Joyce Raimondo's other books in this series. I teach art education on a college level and use her books as a way to help my students understand that when you are creating art with children it is not just the activity or experience of making art that is fundamental. It is the balance that comes from discussions of looking at art that provides open ended thinking and questioning that prepares students to be creative. It is a process that encourages risk taking and validates expression in art.
Full color art blended with questions and ideas for children ages 5-12 June 16, 2008
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From a mixed-up green face to a mobile that changes, abstract art is explored for kids using a little under fifty pages of full color art blended with questions and ideas for children ages 5-12. From easy art projects supporting art examples to color pictures of works by famous artists, WHAT'S THE BIG IDEA? ACTIVITIES AND ADVENTURES IN ABSTRACT ART is a winning art survey.
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