Discovering Great Artists

"Discovering Great Artists" has 75 great artists featured in 110 amazingly fun and unique quality art appreciation activities for children. They will experience the styles and techniques of the great masters, from the Renaissance to the Present. A brief biography of each artist is included with a fully illustrated, child-tested art activity, featuring painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, architecture, and more. Includes such greats as Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Rembrandt, Monet, Degas, Picasso, Van Gogh, Dali, Matisse, Pollock, and O'Keeffe. 1998 Benjamin Franklin Silver Award, 2002 Practical Homeschooling Reader Award. Full "click-to" resource guide at Bright Ring's website to show each artist's most famous works. Some activity examples are: Da Vinci - Invention Art Michelangelo - Fresco Plaque Rembrandt - Shadowy Faces Monet - Dabble in Paint Degas - Resist in Motion Picasso- Fractured Friend Van Gogh - Starry Night Pollock - Action Splatter 1997 Benjamin Franklin Silver Award, Education 2003 Practical Homeschooling Award, 3rd Place 2007 Practical Homeschooling Reader Award in the art appreciation category, 3rd place. 2009 Practical Homeschooling Reader Award in the art appreciation category,1st Place

MaryAnn F. Kohl is the coauthor of First Art and the author of Preschool Art. Kim Solga is the editor or coauthor of several books in the Art and Activities for Kids series, including Art Fun! and Craft Fun!

Chart of Contents 3 Dedication & Acknowledgments 4 Introduction 5 Art Resources 6-7 Icons 8-10 Chart of Contents 11-36 Chapter 1 Long, Long Ago Renaissance & Post Renaissance 12 Giotto 1266-1337 Egg Paint Gothic 13 Limbourg Brothers 1375-1416 Book of Days Gothic 14 Ghiberti 1378-1455 Florentine Relief Renaissance 15 Van Eyck 1395-1441 Triptych Panel Renaissance 16 Angelico 1400-1455 Leaf Painting with Silver Renaissance 17 Masaccio 1401-1428 Profile Portrait Renaissance 18 Botticelli 1445-1510 Art in the Round Renaissance 19 Da Vinci 1452-1519 Drawing Things Apart Renaissance 20-21 Da Vinci 1452-1519 Da Vinci Invention Renaissance 22 Dürer 1471-1528 Wood Block Print Renaissance 23 Raphael 1483-1520 Mother & Baby Renaissance 24 Michelangelo 1475-1564 Fresco Plaque Renaissance 25 Michelangelo 1475-1564 Lie-Down Painting Renaissance 26 El Greco 1541-1614 Drawing Tall Figures Baroque 27 Rubens 1577-1640 Chalk Light Face Baroque 28 Rembrandt 1606-1669 Making Faces! Baroque 29 Rembrandt 1606-1669 Shadowy Faces Baroque 30 Linnaeus 1707-1778 Botanical Illustrations Naturalist 31 Gainsborough 1727-1788 Portrait on Landscape Romantic 32 Blake 1757-1827 Hand Colored Prints Romantic 33 Constable 1776-1837 Cloudscape Romantic 34 Hokusai 1760-1849 Surimono Greeting Ukiyo-e 35 Audubon 1785-1851 Nature Notebook Naturalist 36 Courbet 1819-1877 Palette Knife Painting Realist 37-56 Chapter 2 Sunny & Free Impressionists & Post Impressionists 38 Manet 1832-1883 Still-Life in Melted Crayon Impressionist 39 Monet 1840-1926 Dabble in Paint Impressionist 40 Degas 1834-1917 Resist in Motion Impressionist 41 Degas 1834-1917 Chalk on Cloth Impressionist 42 Morisot 1841-1895 Texture Paints Impressionist 43 Homer 1836-1910 Wilderness Watercolor Impressionist Impressionist Impressionist 45 Renoir 1841-1919 Mixed Media Still-Life Impressionist 46 Van Gogh 1853-1890 Impasto Post Impressionist Impressionist Impressionist 48 Cézanne 1839-1906 Seeing Shapes Still-Life Post Impressionist 49 Rousseau 1844-1910 Jungle Prints Post Impressionist 50 Rodin 1840-1917 Carving Clay Post Impressionist 51 Gauguin 1848-1903 Surprising Colors Post Impressionist Nabis 52-53 Toulouse-Lautrec 1864-1901 Event Poster Post Impressionist 54 Seurat 1859-1891 Pointillist Color Cards Post Impressionist Pointillist 55 Vuillard 1868-1940 Artist's Studio Post Impressionist Nabis 56 Russell 1864-1926 Western Sunset Impressionist 57-82 Chapter 3 Wild & Wacky Expressionists, Abstract, Abstract-Expressionists, Cubists, Dadaists, & Surrealists 58 Matisse 1869-1954 Story Color Collage Post Impressionist Fauvist 59 Munch 1863-1944 Clay Facial Expressions Expressionist 60 Kandinsky 1866-1944 Painting Music Abstract-Expressionist 61 Mondrian 1872-1944 Straight Line Design Abstract DeStijl 62-63 Klee 1879-1940 One Line Designs Expressionist 64 Stella 1880-1946 Mixed Media Lines Abstract 65 Escher 1889-1972 Tessellation Design Abstract 66 Calder 1889-1976 Standing Mobile Abstract 67 Moore 1898-1986 Carving Stone Abstract 68 Braque 1882-1963 Cubist Collage Cubist 69 Picasso 1881-1973 One Color Painting Cubist 70-71 Picasso 1881-1973 Fractured Friend Cubist 72 Rivera 1886-1957 Giant Projector Mural Social Realist 73 Duchamp 1887-1968 Happy Accident String Dadaist 74 Arp 1887-1966 Muse of Chance Collage Dadaist 75 Oppenheim 1913-1985 Wacky Work of Dada Dadaist 76 Chagall 1887-1985 Scenery Mural Surrealist 77 Magritte 1898-1967 Giant Tennis Shoes Surrealist 78 Dali 1904-1985 Dream Photographs Surrealist 79 Giacometti 1901-1966 Sticks 'n Straws Surrealist 80-81 Kahlo 1910-1954 Special Self-Portrait Surrealist 82 Wright 1867-1959 Box House Architect Modern 83-106 Chapter 4 Art Today Everyway Pop, Op, Folk, Modern, Cartoonists, Photojournalists, & Children's Book Illustrators 84 Grandma Moses 1860-1961 Busy Folk Art Scene Folk Art 85 Rockwell 1895-1978 Tell-a-Story Illustrations Romantic 86 O'Keeffe 1887-1986 Close-Up Flower Painting Realist 87 Wyeth 1917-2009 First Snow Realist 88 Lange 1895-1965 Photo Story Collage Photojournalist 89 Bourke-White 1906-1971 ABC Photography Photojournalist 90 Lawrence 1917-2000 Series Drawing Realist & Modern 91 Smith 1906-1965 Cubi Structure Abstract Expressionist 92 Vasarély 1908-1997 Dizzy Op Art Op 93 Pollock 1912-1956 Action Spatter Abstract Expressionist 94 Cornell 1903-1972 Portrait Box Collage Surrealist 95 Nevelson 1900-1988 Scrap Box Art Abstract 96 Rauschenberg 1925-2008 Combines Pop 97 Chamberlain 1927- BIG Junk Pop 98 Kienholz 1935-1994 Walk Through Sculpture Op 99 Christo 1935- Transformations Modern 100-101 Paik 1932-2006 Robot People Pop 102 Lichtenstein 1923-1997 Comic Dots Pop 103 Warhol 1930-1987 Lots of Me! Pop 104 Ringgold 1930- Quilted Work Modern 105 Davis 1946- Comic Creatures Cartoonist 106 Van Allsburg 1949- Glowing House Children's Book Illustrator 107-126 Chapter 5 Make It & Play It Games & Child-Made Activities 108 Great Artist Cards card game 109 Masters Match matching game 110 Master-Puzzlepiece puzzle game 111 Masters Scrap Book cataloging activity 112-113 Smart Art Cards matching game 114-115 Great Art Cookies cooking activity 116-117 Great Art Dominoes matching game 118 Great Art Coloring Pages coloring activity 119 Great Time Line sequencing activity 120-121 Happy Birthday, Mr. Picasso party activity 122 Gallery Walk exhibition activity 123 Masterpiece Montage drama activity 124-125 Map of Honor geography activity 126 You & Me Notebook cataloging activity 127-144 Chapter 6 Resource Guide 128-132 Great Art Words glossary and art terms 133-135 Materials Index index by art materials 136 Great Art Techniques index by kid art technique 138 Great Art Birthdays list of artist birthdays 139-140 Great Artists & Activities index by artist and activity 141 About the Authors biography of authors 142 Bright Ideas for Learning other book information