Art for Baby:

Art for Baby

by Paul Morrison, Takashi Murakami, Julian Opie

A collection of fascinating black-and-white images created by some of the world’s leading modern artists. Each one has been specially selected to help babies begin to recognize pictures and connect with the world around them. This board book also includes a stunning frieze featuring all the images used in the book — a perfect way to bring contemporary art to your baby.

Genres: Art, Picture Books, Childrens

12 pages, Board Book

First published October 1, 2008

Reviews

[Morgan · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book delivers exactly what it promises. My infant loves these images. He will sometimes stop crying and start smiling when I show him one of the pages.

I don't personally understand all of the art, but if he's happy I'm happy.

[Kristen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very nice illustrations. Madison especially liked to smack at the smiley face. I found it funny that one of the images was named after a drug - Hypovase Prazosin Hydrochloride.

[Karawan · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was one of the first library books we checked out when Gavin was a newborn. It features black-and-white drawings that newborns can see easily. There are other books like this-- the appeal of this one is that they are done by famous contemporary artists. (Damien Hirst is one I remember)

I thought it was just okay. Gavin wasn't interested at all, although he was graduating from black-and-white to faces at the time. I felt like it was more about the name appeal of the artists than anything else, and what newborn is going to care about that...

One nice thing is that the book comes with a separate "frieze" so that you can display all the pictures from the book on your nursery wall. This could have been nice if we owned the book, but since it was a library book that had to be returned we didn't take advantage of that particular feature.

[Madison · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this with Momma. My favorite picture was the smiley face. I slapped my hand on it a bunch.

[Yagyrlr · Rating 3 out of 5]

My toddler isn't that interested.. Will try again in a few months I guess

[Marcela Zuluaga · Rating 4 out of 5]

When I showed this book to children in class, I really want to research about each artists... children asked me question and we found out together more about their artwork.

[Dmitry Sedor · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love the illustrations

[eleanor · Rating 5 out of 5]

fucking love this book

[Iris · Rating 4 out of 5]

Anaïs is blijkbaar een enorme liefhebber van Takashi Murakami! Ze kan minutenlang naar de bloem liggen kijken.

[Sarah · Rating 2 out of 5]

Art for baby: high-contrast images by eleven contemporary artists to explore with your child is a book contained black and white art pictures. There is one per page. Some are literal and easy to identify, while some are more abstract.

Not only could you view the pictures in the book, there was a pocket in the back cover with copies of each picture that could be framed and hung on the wall. This is an interesting idea, and a great way to bring some art into the nursery.

My son was not interested at all. He did seem to like the duck picture, but skipped right past the abstract ones. We looked through it once, and then it migrated to the bottom of the pile.

[Melissa · Rating 5 out of 5]

We learned early on that newborns can only see in black and white, and that b&w toys or pictures will be babies' favorites in the beginning...so when we found this book in the library we thought it was brilliant! And, perhaps of course, our baby loved it! He was absolutely fascinated by the pictures and was totally engrossed! Sure, it's a great way to introduce your baby to modern art, but really, any baby is going to love this book even if the parents aren't big into art (like us) :-)

[Jacinda · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book contains 12 simple design famous art works in black and white to be attractive to your children. My 1 year olds eye sight might have developed more beyond the capability of high contrast images but he still seemed to get a kick out of these art works - particularly Takashi Murakami's smiling flower piece.

[Huda Fel · Rating 3 out of 5]

المفارقات والتباين الشديد بين الأبيض والأسود
يمثل الخطوة الأولى لتعليم الأطفال
"الفن"

يحوي الكتاب مجموعة من الرسمات لفنانين معاصرين
لم أفهم سبب اختيارها تحديدا
ربما أحتاج إلى "فنان" يشرحها لي

[Merrow · Rating 4 out of 5]

My Little One enjoyed looking at these pictures during her earliest weeks. She especially enjoyed looking at them during Tummy Time when I'd prop the book open for her, a different spread each time kept her interested and alert.

[Lisa · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great book for art-loving parents. It's much larger than a standard board book. Our baby didn't seem to care much about it (he seemed more interested in the Tana Hoban black & white books), but it's always nice to have a variety.

[Maggie · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you are looking for a good baby shower gift, this is a book to consider. The black and white designs are really great for contrast and babies will be able to focus on the shapes. A very pleasing picture book to share with the very young.

[Allison Parker · Rating 4 out of 5]

This large, beautiful board book shows high contrast black-and-white artwork created by well known contemporary artists like Damien Hirst, perfect for the baby - and parent - with exquisite taste.

[Philip · Rating 4 out of 5]

An absolutely perfect gift!

[Nathan Willard · Rating 3 out of 5]

A collection of high-contrast contemporary art prints to entertain small babies. It was an interesting idea.

[Carissa · Rating 2 out of 5]

I wasn't impressed with the images chosen for this book. The only one that I liked was the Op Art piece by Bridget Riley. My son was more interested in "Apple" by Nikki McClure.

[Elizabeth]

Well, it does what it says on the tin.

[Melody Rose · Rating 4 out of 5]

We really liked this book! The pictures are perfect for me to study.