What Adults Don’t Know About Art (eBook)

Inspiring young minds to love and enjoy art

Alain De Botton (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: EPUB

2020
The School of Life (Verlag)
978-1-912891-62-7 (ISBN)

Infos

A fresh perspective on a guide to art for children, exploring its import and meaning through artworks from around the world.

Children are often told that art matters—but the truth is that very often it’s hard to know why it really does. Museum visits can feel like a chore as does having to learn the names of the big artists we’re all meant to love (but perhaps don’t quite in the way we’re supposed to). This is a huge pity because—grasped the right way—art has a deep capacity to improve our lives and offer us a sense of joy and mental well-being.

Here is a guide to art for children with a difference: in a tone that’s kindly, informative, unstuffy, and at times rightly irreverent, this book explains how art can fit into our lives. We learn where the impulse to make art comes from, what art to look at in certain moods, how to go around a museum without getting bored, and why—without even realizing it—we all become experts in art by decorating our first bedrooms.

This is an innovative guide to the importance of art, written in a way that will enchant children and, along the way, teach their favorite adults one or two vital things as well.

Autor

The School of Life is a global organization helping people lead more fulfilled lives. Through our range of books, gifts and stationery we aim to prompt more thoughtful natures and help everyone to find fulfillment. The School of Life is a resource for exploring self-knowledge, relationships, work, socializing, finding calm, and enjoying culture through content, community, and conversation. You can find us online, in stores and in welcoming spaces around the world offering classes, events, and one-to-one therapy sessions.

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The School of Life Press brings together the thinking and ideas of the School of Life creative team under the direction of series editor, Alain de Botton. Their books share a coherent, curated message that speaks with one voice: calm, reassuring, and sane.

Inhalt

I. Introduction: You and Art




II. The Big Question No One Answers (Until Now)




III. Why an Art Gallery is like Your Bedroom




IV. The Big Answer




V. Why Art Galleries are Boring




VI. Why a Work of Art is like a Tool




i. Remembering




ii. Appreciation




iii. Hope




iv. Sadness




v.Balance




vi. Making Sense of Money




VII. Conclusion

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 17.9.2020
• Zusatzinfo: 111 color illustrations
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Jugendbücher ab 12 Jahre
• Themenwelt: Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Sachbücher ► Kunst / Musik
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch
• Schlagworte: art and emotions • Art appreciation • children's guide to art • emotional improvement • esteem for culture • famous artists • History of Art • home educators • how to be an artist • introduction to art for children • learning about art • visual arts
• ISBN-10: 1-912891-62-X / 191289162X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-912891-62-7 / 9781912891627