Following is a summary of the results of our inquiry about art books for
young adults/teens:
ART BOOKS FOR YOUNG ADULTS/TEENS
1. History of art for young people / Anthony F. Janson. 5th ed.
Prentice Hall, 1997.
2. Art / Diane Lindsay Reeves.; illustrations by Nancy Bond.
Series: Career ideas for kids who like... NY: Facts on File, 1998.
3. The annotated Mona Lisa: a crash course in art history from
prehistoric to post-modern / Carol Strickland and John Boswell. Kansas
City: Andrews and McNeel, c1992.
4. Abrams might have: http://www.abramsbooks.com/ (I contacted them
but no reply to date; however the Greenfeld books (below) are from
Abrams, I believe.)
5. Books by Sister Wendy are very accessible.
6. Books by Howard Greenfeld on Calder, Chagall & Gauguin.
(Abrams?)
7. A first book of Canadian art / Richard Rhodes (Editor of
Canadian Art Magazine).
http//www.fireflybooks.com/books/1894379217A.html .
8. Prestel has some excellent young adult publications, according
to one source. I contacted them. (Edited) answers:
* The series "Museum of Adventures" is geared towards a
slightly older [than children] audience, but the books are not exactly
art history books-they are more like adventure stories that deal with
art and art history.
* They have a series of books on artists, called "Pegasus
series", that are more traditional books with accurate scholarship, that
might be appropriate for a younger [than adult] audience. They are
designed with the general audience in mind, so people don't have to be
college students or art history majors to understand them... Some of
the artists that the books cover are: Dali, Hopper, Kahlo, Vermeer,
Chagall, among many others.
Heather Brodhead, Librarian
Constance & George Fearing Library
Santa Barbara Museum of Art
1130 State Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
805-884-6451 Fax: 805-966-6840 www.sbma.net
Library is open to the public: T.,W.,Th. 1-5 PM
Librarian's hours: T.,W.,Th. 10 AM-12 Noon;1-5:30 PM
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