Birdcage Press Renaissance Art Game By Wenda O'Reilly

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This beautiful card game and book set acclaimed by educators as the most effective educational art game on the market presents the greatest artists of the Renaissance and their masterpieces The cards make the enterprise fun while the book offers fascinating facts and dramatic full color pictures on every page Revelations include why Leonardo da Vinci smuggled the Mona Lisa out of Italy who punched Michelangelo in the nose which Renaissance artist painted the Devil to look like one of his most annoying critics and how paints were made from bugs burnt bones and precious gems Written to appeal to both children and adults The Renaissance Art Game is an ideal blend of fun and learning Includes a deck of 30 museum quality playing cards and a full color 80 page art book packaged in a Renaissance treasure box Birdcage Press Renaissance Art GameI bought this book to read with my 4 and 6 year old kids in preparation for seeing Renaissance art in Florence Italy It is totally inappropriate for children in this age range depicting in word and image many killings and even rapes Of course much Renaissance art is rather violent Still I would imagine the author could have selected pictures that did not depict rape for a children s book on Renaissance art This book also lacks narrative cohesiveness It would benefit from beginning with a discussion of how to view Renaissance art and applying that to each painting or from telling an overarching story about the changes made in art during the Renaissance or the development of the styles of each of the artists depicted Lastly if you are going to Florence be aware that most of these paintings are housed in other cities 9781889613024 I ve only skimmed the book would love to play the game with it The book is a great overview of renaissance art hitting all the big names 9781889613024 A straightforward overview of some of the great Italian Renaissance artists and their works 9781889613024