Books by Metropolitan Museum of Art
My New Baby And Me: A First Year Record Book For Big Brothers And Sisters
My New Baby and Me is a first-year record book for big brothers and sisters.
Every page in this exciting, colorful book invites older brothers and sisters to become fully involved in their baby's first year. Children can draw pictures of baby, paste in a lock of hair, and record baby's major accomplishments throughout the year.
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Eye Magic: Visual Trickery in Art
A beautifully illustrated, imaginatively designed book is packaged here with several unusual "eye magic" items. This fascinating set explores the subject of visual illusions in art and technology. The book shows and discusses many examples of trompe l'oeil (fool-the-eye) artworks, including a famous eighteenth-century painting by British artist William Hogarth, paintings by French pointillist artists Georges Seurat and Paul Signac, and examples from the American Op Art movement that flourished in the 1960s. Also presented are examples of moir© patternsoptical effects produced when two sets of lines or grids overlap. Much of the psychedelic poster art of a few decades ago took advantage of the effects of moir© patterns and wildly contrasting color schemes. But Eye Magic is more than an ordinary art book. One of its extra-thick covers is really a specially designed drawer containing several "eye magic" items. They include
A flip book showing horses that appear to leap when the pages are riffled A zoetrope drum that comes with three zoetrope picture strips A mylar sheet to produce a 3D illusion in anamorphic illustrations Two moir©-pattern acetate sheets printed with black grids
For the uninitiated, the zoetropeoriginally devised in the nineteenth centuryis a forerunner of motion pictures. It consists of a revolving cylinder with a series of illustrations on its inside surface and evenly spaced viewing slots around its circumference. When viewers spin the cylinder and peer through the slots, they see a picture of a single objectnow in motion. This book with its boxed "eye magic" items will appeal both to art lovers and to general readers who are fascinated by optical illusions. Eye Magic makes a fascinating and unusual addition to anyone's personal art book collection, as well as a truly imaginative gift item.
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Leonardo Da Vinci: Notebooks of a Genius: 2006 Engagement Calendar
The works of Leonardo da Vinci, especially the Mona Lisa, the world's most famous painting, continue to draw millions of visitors to museums across the world from the Louvre in Paris to the National Gallery in Washington, D.C. But Leonardo completed remarkably few paintings. He did however leave us more than 4,000 drawings on various subjects, seamlessly merging the worlds of art and science. Included in this calendar are forty-seven of the Old Master's sketches, as well as five masterpiece paintings. " The only calendar to feature images of the artist's most legendary inventions and musings. " In the best-selling tradition of the novel The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown, as well as the two books The Artist's Way and How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci (1998), both of which spurred workbook journals.
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Matisse
by Metropolitan Museum of Art, Universe Publishing, Volkmar Essers
New! One of the most popular artists of the twentieth century, Henri Matisse's vibrant and energetic paintings are beautifully reproduced in Matisse 2006. Enliven your year with this modern master's signature flowers, female nudes, and vibrant cut-paper collages. " Published in conjunction with the Metropolitan Museum of Art's exhibition Matisse, His Art and Textiles: The Fabric of His Dreams, June 23-September 25, 2005. " Showcases many of his renowned pieces, including an image from his beloved, iconic Jazz series.
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Matisse
by Metropolitan Museum of Art, Universe Publishing, Volkmar Essers
The work of Henri Matisse (1869–1954) reflects an ongoing belief in the power of brilliant colors and simple forms. Though famed in particular for his paintings, Matisse also worked with drawing, sculpture, lithography, stained glass, and collage, developing his unique cut-out medium when old age left him unable to stand and paint.Matisse’s subjects were often conventional: nudes, portraits, and figures in landscapes, Oriental scenes, and interior views, but in his handling of bold color and fluid draftsmanship, he secured his place as a 20th-century master. It was Matisse’s palette that particularly thrilled the modern imagination. With vivid blue, amethyst purple, egg-yolk yellow, and many shades beyond he liberated his work from a meticulous representation of reality and sought instead a “vital harmony,” often referring to music as an inspiration or analogy for his work.A comprehensive and informative source, this lavishly illustrated publication has been revised in close collaboration with the Matisse estate. Including preparatory studies, full-page reproductions, and enlarged details, discover the artist's adventurous path, from the chromatic brilliance of his Fauve period, right through to his invention of gouache cut-outs at the ripe age of 80. Each image has been reproduced with painstaking care to create a viewing experience worthy of the expressionist par excellence. The bard of color deserves no less.
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Written in Stone: Black
Have you ever quipped, “I’d like that written in stone . . .”? Well, now you virtually can! Watson-Guptill proudly announces the newest addition to the very successful line of blank books and sketchbooks, Written in Stone: A Journal, published in cooperation with the prestigious Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Department of Egyptian Art.Written in Stone has an innovative tactile, flexible cover with hieroglyph reliefs, brief introductory text, and illustrations followed by blank, lined pages featuring a ghosted Egyptian motif. This eye-catching portable format is a fun twist on the traditional WG sketchbook. For anyone who keeps a journal, loves to write, or has a passion for anything Egyptian, Written in Stone is a fabulous source of inspiration for any occasion.• A portable blank book published in conjunction with the prestigious Metropolitan Museum of Art• Fun twist to the very successful Watson-Guptill sketchbooks
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Van Gogh Art Kit
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARDSmall parts. Not for children under 3 years.
In association with The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Kids will discover their inner artist with this interactive book.
Children will want to make their own masterpieces time and again in this imaginative workbook featuring the art of Vincent van Gogh. Full of biographical details from Van Gogh’s life, as well as pastels and plenty of exercises allowing kids to make their own new creations, this kit makes learning about an artist fun in an innovative way. Plus, perforated pages let kids tear out and display their artwork.
Perfect for budding artists and great for a classroom art library to show children that art is as fun as it is culturally enriching, this kit will instill a new appreciation for art and the work of Van Gogh.
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Can You Find It? America: Search and Discover More Than 150 Details in 20 Works of Art
by Metropolitan Museum of Art, Linda Falken
The Can You Find It? books have delighted countless children, inviting them to look more closely at works of art by searching for hidden details. Now comes a new title in the series, featuring paintings, prints, and textiles from The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Each work is characteristically American, and each is filled with a wealth of details to discover. Among the works featured are Washington Crossing the Delaware, by Emmanuel Leutze; Across the Continent: Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way”, by Frances Flora Bond Palmer for Currier & Ives; The Last Moments of John Brown, by Thomas Hovenden; Thanksgiving Turkey, by Grandma Moses; The Photographer, by Jacob Lawrence; and Street Story Quilt; by Faith Ringgold. Praise for the Can You Find It? series
Family Fun Our Favorite Things” selection
This is art as entertainment with an educational bent.” School Library Journal
It’s hard to fault a book that encourages young readers to pore over every square centimeter . . .” Booklist
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Fun with Hieroglyphs
by Metropolitan Museum of Art, Catharine Roehrig
Discover the secrets of hieroglyphs, the language of the ancient Egyptians, with this innovative kit from The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Learn the sounds and letters of the hieroglyphic alphabet, find out which symbols were thought to have magical powers, and read how this mysterious language was decoded after hundreds of years.
Then, with the alphabet chart as your guide, use the 24 hieroglyphic stamps and ink pad to write messages, create designs, and make cards.
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NYC ABC
In this charming New York City souvenir gift book, children learn the alphabet and the city through the art in one of the world’s greatest museums. From “Avenue” to “Zeppelin,” this deluxe alphabet book looks at New York City through the eyes of artists whose works are in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Each letter features multiple colorful images of places or experiences in the world’s greatest city. For example, see the Brooklyn Bridge in a Walker Evans photograph or a nineteenth-century print. Harlem is brought to life in artworks by Romare Bearden and Jacob Lawrence and a quilt by Faith Ringgold. The delightful variety of images range from an ephemeral vintage postcard depicting the magnificent Statue of Liberty to Edward Steichen’s renowned photograph of the Flatiron building. In all, over seventy-five paintings, prints, textiles, postcards, and photographs show Gotham as never seen before by a range of artists, including Childe Hassam, Georgia O’Keeffe, Edward Hopper, Alfred Stieglitz, Fairfield Porter, and John Sloan. There is a simple, colorful spread devoted to each letter of the alphabet, and the book includes a checklist with thumbnail illustrations and identifying captions for all the artworks.
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