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Michelangelo for kids : his life and ideas, with 21 activities / Simonetta Carr.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Chicago, IL : Chicago Review Press, [2016]Description: xi, 130 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781613731932 (paperback)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • N 6923.B9 .C230 2016
Summary: "Art historian Simonetta Carr draws on recent scholarship that challenges the traditional view of Michelangelo as a recluse. Readers will also learn about the complex and fluid era of the Italian Renaissance and how the times affected his life and work. Lavish photos, informative sidebars, a time line, glossary, and suggestions for further readings add value, while 21 hands-on activities help young readers identify with the artist and his work. Kids will make homemade paint, apply the cross-hatching technique used by Michelangelo, make an "antique" statue, and more"-- Provided by publisher.
List(s) this item appears in: Reference - August 2018
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Reference Reference DLSU-D HS Learning Resource Center Reference Reference N 6923.B9 .C230 2016 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not For Loan 3HSL2014005743

Includes bibliographical references (pages 124-125) and index.

"Art historian Simonetta Carr draws on recent scholarship that challenges the traditional view of Michelangelo as a recluse. Readers will also learn about the complex and fluid era of the Italian Renaissance and how the times affected his life and work. Lavish photos, informative sidebars, a time line, glossary, and suggestions for further readings add value, while 21 hands-on activities help young readers identify with the artist and his work. Kids will make homemade paint, apply the cross-hatching technique used by Michelangelo, make an "antique" statue, and more"-- Provided by publisher.

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