Shogakukan Art Book: Spark of Inspiration Museum Vol 2
Product Description
Hirameki Bijutsukan is a “dream museum in a book” created for anyone who has ever wished for a fun, friendly place to enjoy art. Divided into 30 imaginative rooms across three zones—“Exhibition Rooms,” “Everyone Participates Room,” and “Everyone’s Exhibition”—this book invites both adults and children to experience masterpieces from around the world in a relaxed, playful way.
In the Exhibition Rooms, you can discover iconic works such as Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa,” as well as masterpieces by Van Gogh, Gauguin, Monet, Renoir, Picasso, Dali, Miro, Warhol, the famous “Venus de Milo,” and sculptures by Boccioni. Clear, enjoyable texts and commentaries remove the pressure of “serious” art appreciation, showing that painting and sculpture can be viewed lightly and joyfully.
The Everyone Participates Room encourages readers to draw and imagine for themselves, for example sketching family and friends in a Picasso-like style or inventing the missing arms of the Venus de Milo. In Everyone’s Exhibition, you can see how elementary school children interpreted the same artworks in completely different ways, highlighting how personal and unique art appreciation can be. Based on a hugely popular series from the Asahi Elementary School Newspaper, this book is a hit with both children and adults and makes an inspiring gift for art lovers and families worldwide.
