The Book Of Art For Young People

by Agnes Ethel Conway, Martin Conway

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Genres: Art, Audiobook

248 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1909

About the author

1885-
From Wikipedia:

Agnes Ethel Conway (2 May 1885 – 1950), later Agnes Horsfield,[1][2] was a British writer, historian and archaeologist who worked in the Middle East from 1929 to 1936.[3] Perhaps best known for her excavations at Petra and Kilwa,[4] she also produced publications on the history of Allington Castle,[5] which had been owned by the Wyatt family in the 16th century.[6]

Personal life
Agnes Conway was born in 1885 to William Martin Conway, https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... who was, himself, an art historian, collector, explorer and politician,[7] and Katrina Conway (née Lombard). She attended Baker Street High School and Kings College before becoming a student at Newnham College, Cambridge from 1903 - 1907.[8][3]

After passing both parts of her History Tripos by 1907, Conway added to and catalogued her father's collection of photographs of objects, working with Eugenie Sellers Strong at the British School at Rome in 1912 on this project.[8]

While working with him in Petra, Conway married George Horsfield, a fellow archaeologist, in St George's Cathedral in Jerusalem in January 1932.[9] They lived together in Jerash until 1936, and then began to travel around the Mediterranean.[4] Eventually, they returned to England and remained there until her death in 1950.[10] She left her family papers to the medievalist and art historian Joan Evans, who eventually produced a volume on the family.[11] These papers are now kept at the Cambridge University Library, having been presented by Evans in 1966.[12]

Reviews

[Milica · Rating 4 out of 5]

Prikladniji naziv bi bio „Magična knjižica o umetnosti za početnike“. Napisana jednostavnim jezikom i skladnim rečenicama, pruža nam osnove evropskog slikarstva. Obuhvatajući period od 13. do 19. veka, autorka nas uvodi u priču o značajnim predstavnicima svakog umetničkog pravca. Dosta podrobno analizira dela Rafaela, Leonarda, Mikelanđela, Rembranta, Van Dajka i mnogih drugih – time nam predstavlja svet umetnosti i pruža osnovno znanje, koje sada sami možemo da dopunjujemo i širimo daljim čitanjem i istraživanjem.
Ja definitivno nastavljam!

[Edy Gies · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is a great introduction to the world of the great painters. Yes, it says it is for young people but hardly for most young people of our time. The author makes statements like, "You may remember that the Netherlands had belonged in the fifteenth century to the Dukes of Burgundy?" I don't think children of our time remember that at all. As far as I can gather the book was written around the turn of the century. She mentions James Whistler at the end and makes slight reference to the impressionist movement but doesn't mention any artist's by name. This book is a relatively easy read and will make you want to go to a art museum to explore the techniques and painters mentioned in the book.

[Nicole · Rating 3 out of 5]

Described as a children's book, I can only assume that children in 1914 were far more learned in art than those of today. While not difficult to read, the information is of a level that I had previously assumed to be of college level. A fascinating look at art through the ages, although many of the paintings written about are not included in the e-book version. I read this with Google open.

[X · Rating 3 out of 5]

Art history book for kids. Kinda what you would expect from that I guess.