Dorling Kindersley Eyewitness Books Impressionism

This Eyewitness Book examines the impressionist style and includes information and art work from numerous notables, such as Renoir, Degas, Monet and Seurat. The book explores interesting developments in the art world, such as the relationship of complementary colors and the increase in the type and availability of artistic supplies, such as paint. Readers can think about how new knowledge and different resources influenced the way artists painted during the late 1800s. I particularly enjoyed a small scene painted by Monet on his artist palette, from which he began with six blobs of paint around the edge. Readers will also enjoy learning about how artists studied people, animals and everyday life through sketches and sculptures to hone their artistic craft. The book contains many full color quality images of famous pieces of artwork combined with easy to read text written in a format to keep the reader's attention. I would recommend this book for grades 4-12.