Spot the Differences: Art Masterpieces, Book 4 (Dover Kids Activity Books)

Keep kids busy for hours with these entertaining search-and-find puzzles of classic paintings from the winner of a Silver 2013 Moonbeam Children's Book Award! Take a close look at 25 of the world's most famous paintings in book four of the Spot the Difference Art Mysteries series. This Moonbeam Award winner celebrates curiosity and discovery and is an excellent hidden-picture puzzle that develops concentration and sharpens observation skills and visual perception. Two identical-looking full-page versions of a masterpiece appear side by side, but a careful search will reveal several subtleand sometimes amusingdifferences. Great as an introductory education to art history for the classroom or homeschool curriculum, this artful look-and-find puzzle book contains fun facts about Holbein's dignified The Ambassadors, Cassatt's Children Playing on the Beach, and other painters and their works. Includes solutions. Classic works include van Gogh's Caf Terrace at Night, Childe Hassam's At the Florist, Winslow Homer's The Country School, Berthe Morisot's La Lecture (Reading), da Vinci's Lady with an Ermine, Rembrandt's Saskia as Flora, John Trumbull's The Declaration of Independence, Paul Signac's Snow, Boulevard de Clichy, Paris, and other artists and their works. Pairs of paintings, placed side by side, have anywhere from 9 to 14 changes made to the original paintings. The original work is always on the left, while the page with the differences is on the right. This is a great educational and introductory tool to the world of art history for kids ages 8 to 14. At the back of the book is an alphabetical index of the painters and their painters, as well as the solutions. Check out all four Spot the Differences Books: Art Masterpiece Mysteries, each of which contains 25 DIFFERENT paintings to investigate. A wonderful gift for boys, girls, and even seniors for birthdays, holidays, and more!