The Book of Art for Young People
Agnes Ethel Conway
Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
This is a charming book on Art History for children (and everyone else). Each chapter focuses on a great painting, reproduced in color in the original text. The authors explain the story behind the paintings, as well as the life, times, and techniques of the artists.
You may find downloadable versions of all sixteen paintings at http://www.archive.org/details/Book_of_Art_Illustrations_lv, and you can easily do a google search for the other artworks mentioned in the book. (Summary by Kara) (4 hr 12 min)
Chapters
| Introduction | 14:59 | Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) |
| The Thirteenth Century in Europe | 18:55 | Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) |
| Richard II | 21:06 | Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) |
| The Van Eycks | 21:09 | Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) |
| The Renaissance | 19:20 | Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) |
| Raphael | 17:57 | Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) |
| The Renaissance in Venice | 14:04 | Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) |
| The Renaissance in the North | 15:37 | Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) |
| Rembrandt | 21:37 | Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) |
| Peter de Hoogh and Cuyp | 12:58 | Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) |
| Van Dyck | 13:34 | Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) |
| Velasquez | 16:12 | Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) |
| Reynolds and the Eighteenth Century | 15:36 | Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) |
| Turner | 15:25 | Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) |
| The Nineteenth Century | 13:39 | Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) |
Reviews
Quite good audio book
greeneyes
Great descriptions and facts,reader OK,detailed and most satisfactory
the term "young people " is misleading.
Firene
Excellent research anyone studying or having an interest in art would enjoy this book. Voice is very clear without being monotonous.