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Famous Paintings was printed by Funk & Wagnalls Company in 1913.
The paintings are "Selected from the World's Great Galleries and Reproduced in Colour".
The introduction to the book is by G.K. Chesterton .
The pictures are in the public domain. If you choose to use one of them I would appreciate a link back to this page.
A lot of time and effort has gone into making them available to you.
This Art Gallery is a companion page to
Art Appreciation Lessons
Art Gallery, Famous Paintings Volume 1
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We have a new game "Name the Painting".
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ART GALLERY
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Jigsaw Puzzles
Thanks to my cousin Brian Perkins for the use of the book Famous Paintings.
You can contact him for rare and hard-to-find books at:
Back Door Book Store
3071 Wabash
Ft. Worth, Texas 76109
817-921-3292
email: briiansr (then use the symbol for "at") yahoo.com
Thanks to my son, Elton, for help with some of the pictures.
Visit him for stock photos and inspirational pictures.
My mother, Vera Griffin was also a well-known artist in West Texas.
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Art: Over 2500 Works from Cave to Contemporary
By DK Publishing Inc.
Comprehensive in scope and scale, this gorgeous DK ART book provides a visually rich journey through humanity's development. Beginning with a short section of how artists use color, composition, light, shade and other technical elements of art, each art movement and school is detailed with more than 700 artists from all periods and cultures profiled. Picture-packed pages allow you to examine key examples of their work and see how they changed over their lifetime. Close-ups of famous artwork also allow the reader to analyze the creation of these masterpieces with graphics, overlays and highlighted detail. Chronologically organized from prehistory through contemporary art, traditional painting and sculpture work is included alongside masks, goldwork, carvings, panels, and other forms of artistic expression. 612 pages, indexed, hardcover with dust jacket.
The Art Museum: A Sticker Story Coloring Book
By Sylvia Walker / Dover Publications
From boarding the bus to shopping for souvenirs, 30 lively illustrations to color follow a school field trip to an art museum. Plus, kids can also match 23 stickers of the world's greatest art masterpieces to their frames in the book - or decorate notebooks, school projects, and more. A complete list of titles and artists appears on the inside back cover.
Masterpiece of the Month: An Art Appreaciation Program for Grades K-5
By Jennifer Thomas / Teacher Created Resources
Students learn about artistic concepts by looking at great works of art. Follow-up art activities using crayons, chalk, tempera paint, and more reinforce learning.
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