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Art makes a difference! The same family that had such an enlightening experience in Anthony Browne's Zoo is now going to an art museum, Mom's choice for her birthday treat. But wisecracking Dad and their two sons are skeptical about how much fun this trip will be, and they're not quite sure what to make of the art. ("What on earth is that supposed to be?" asks Dad.) But, with Mom's help, once the boys start really looking at the paintings, they begin to find what pleasures they contain. Most of the family leave with a new appreciation of art - Dad is just never going to get it - as well as a sketchbook. On the trip home, Mom teaches the boys - and readers - a drawing game, which one of her sons (this book's author) has been playing ever since.This new book is the product of Anthony Browne's engagement as writer-and-illustrator-in-residence at the Tate Britain in London. There he worked with a thousand children from inner-city schools, teaching literature using the resources in the gallery - and playing the shape game. In his artwork for the book, he surreally transforms, in his signature style, some famous paintings in the Tate's collection.
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《学校图书馆杂志》(School Library Journal)书评
K-Gr 4-Browne describes how an eye-opening family trip to a museum changed his life forever. A m?lange of art appreciation, personal inspiration, groan-outloud puns, and imagination-stretching illustrations. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
出版社周刊评论
The family that visited animals in Zoo here takes a trip to London's Tate Britain museum. Browne, as the museum's writer-and-illustrator-in-residence, taught children from inner-city schools using the Tate's resources, and this book-offering a clever and quirky visual interpretation of some of the museum's offerings-grew out of that experience. Though the young narrator, his brother and constantly wise-cracking father agree (rather reluctantly) to accompany the boy's mother to the museum on her birthday, he comments that "it turned out to be a day that changed my life forever." As Mom poses questions that encourage the others to analyze the images and action in various works of art, the family is drawn into the paintings-quite literally. Real and surreal events collide as the family members replace characters in the art, and the goings-on within and beyond the frames becomes comically blurred. On the way home, Mom teaches the boys what the narrator calls "a brilliant drawing game," in which one person draws a shape ("any shape, it's not supposed to be anything, just a shape") and the next person adds to it, changing it "into something." The endpapers present examples of some of the lively images that can result from this inviting exercise. This personal, playful introduction to art and drawing may well give readers a fresh take on both. Ages 5-up. (Sept.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
《儿童读物杂志》(Horn Book)书评
(Primary) Browne introduces something new into the art-game-book genre: a story. At Mom's insistence, a family has come to spend the day at a museum, the Tate Britain gallery in London. Expectations for the day are not high, as we see in a picture of the family trudging along the Thames in mutual isolation to confront the imposing steps of the gallery. But even here we can see the beginnings of Browne's sleight-of-hand, as a soccer ball (Dad's missing the game on TV) peeps from between some buildings, and the Tate's fa+ade quietly sprouts all manner of mischief. Inside, we see the by-now-familiar technique of placing real artworks within the illustrative plane, but Browne manages to wrest humor, drama, and intimacy from his juxtapositions. Humor: Mom says of a Henry Moore-like sculpture, ""It's supposed to be a mother and child,"" and Dad replies, ""Well, why isn't it?"" Drama: when brother George pronounces John Singleton Copley's battle picture The Death of Major Peirson ""GREAT,"" Mom asks if he can imagine it happening in their street, and the facing full-bleed painting shows contemporary soldiers shooting at an unseen enemy while the family runs in fear. Intimacy: the most poignant picture comes early on, showing Mom inside the frame of a painting of a gallery, while Dad and the boys, still strangers to art, look on from outside. By the end of the tour, the entire family is firmly in the picture, having learned from the paintings to see themselves and one another a little better. The walk back home looks a whole lot warmer, and they've bought two pens and a sketchpad (all they could afford in the museum gift shop) to use on the train. In both the reproductions and Browne's own pictures, there's plenty to look for, compare, and discover, but the game element seems secondary to the book's more important invitation to make the connection between art and life and back again. (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. All rights reserved.
Kirkus评论
Children who respond to fine art with indifference may change their tunes in the wake of this decidedly un-boring family outing to the galleries of London's Tate Britain. In Browne's hands, it's a Tate transformed. In or alongside reproductions of actual paintings, he adds labels, suggests connections, and makes changes both playful or thought-provoking: a scowling lad poses next to John Martin's thunderous Great Day of His Wrath, for instance; a historical battle scene is recast with modern figures; and a lion steps down from a dramatic George Stubbs painting to glare at the family's wisecracking father--who makes further appearances as Napoleon, as an old salt in Millais's Boyhood of Raleigh, and as everyone in Peter Blake's The Meeting, or Have a Nice Day, Mr. Hockney. Browne's title refers to a closing game, in which one player draws an abstract shape and another turns it into something recognizable. The visit turns the young narrator (Browne?) into an artist; it may not be such a life-changing experience for readers, but they will come away armed with several engaging ways to enliven their approach to art. (Picture book/nonfiction. 7-10) Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
《书目》(Booklist)书评
K-Gr. 2. It turns out to be a day that changed my life forever, says a grown-up artist at the beginning of this autobiographical story about a childhood trip to an art museum. Dad and brother George are bored, and at first the young artist is, too. Then Mom encourages her family to find the stories, and their own lives, in the pictures. A brilliant drawing game with shapes ends the day. As in titles such as Changes (1990) and Gorilla (1983) , Browne once again combines expertly drafted, surreal images and simple words to show a child's complicated emotions. Without telling too much, he gives a palpable sense of family tension, particularly when Dad tells horrible, sometimes cutting jokes. But the boys find delicious, empowering escape when they imagine their father in the world of the paintings, where he roller-skates in tiny shorts or is chased by a lion. Browne blurs the real and imagined in wonderful spreads that juxtapose scenes at the museum (including striking reproductions of famous works) with the boys' fantasies. The artist's self-referential viewpoint, telling the story as an adult looking back, seems unnecessary. But Browne's unforgettable paintings and basic words tell a powerful, layered story that will encourage children to find their own connections--and subversive fun--at the museum. --Gillian Engberg Copyright 2003 Booklist