Art 2014 Gallery Calendar Calendar – August 15, 2013 Author: Metropolitan Museum of Art | Language: English | ISBN:
0761173943 | Format: PDF
Art 2014 Gallery Calendar Calendar – August 15, 2013 Description
- Calendar: 160 pages
- Publisher: Workman Publishing Company; Pag edition (August 15, 2013)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0761173943
- ISBN-13: 978-0761173946
- Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 7.4 x 1.7 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
If you're looking for an original gift to give an art aficionado, this calendar offers quality images of art from the Metropolitan Art Museum of New York. Although I've taken several art history classes at the Met through NYU, it seems impossible to see and remember everything. Art calendars are a great way to immerse yourself in diverse art daily. This calendar comes in plastic container that can be set up like a mini-easel so the masterpiece of the day is displayed on your desk all day for a visual treat. The pictures give my heart a lift when I see them--feel like I'm in a gallery at the Met. What great escapism!
I love the concept of this calendar--a masterpiece a day so the art is revealed in digestible pieces. Myriad art is featured from Renaissance masterpieces, Japanese woodblock prints, ancient armor, Flemish paintings, to modern photography among others.
This is an excellent gift for a child in which a parent could unveil the "masterpiece of the day" with them at story-time or bedtime. You can talk about what they see and like about the piece, background on the artist and history behind it. At the end of the year, the child can select their favorites and display them on their bulletin board. They are almost like square art flashcards. Design is becoming increasingly important in business and this is a fun way to expose children to art. When I was a headmistress at a private academy for preschool-eighth grade students, we had a masterpiece of the week from the Met and by the end of the year even the four and five-year-olds were recognizing paintings by Matisse, Hockney, Manet, Degas etc. Why wait until college for an art history class?
Although paintings are my favorite works of art, it's great to expand one's taste.
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