Amazing Artworks - by Eva Bensard (Hardcover)

About the Book

"Join countless painters, sculptors, and other artistic innovators on a global journey to discover the biggest, oldest, most jaw-dropping feats of artistic imagination in history. From 35,000-year-old cave paintings to the street-inspired art of Jean Michel Basquiat, from Michelangelo's David to the Great Mosque of Mecca, you'll be amazed by the ... creative achievements that await you inside the pages of this book"--

Book Synopsis

Discover the biggest, oldest, most amazing artworks throughout history in this fun and original introduction to art history.

Do you know who created...

the WIDEST painting?

the MOST self portraits?

the FIRST art photography?

the LARGEST sculpture in Europe?

Learn about famous artists and artworks from all over the world and throughout history in this fun book sure to entertain the whole family.

This exciting collection of the oldest, tallest, most expensive masterpieces makes a great art history primer for curious readers and trivia lovers. Just open up the book and dive right into any subject!

About the Author

A graduate of the Louvre School, Éva Bensard is a writer and children's book author specializing in art and architecture. Her work has been published by Amaterra, Place des Victoires, and DADA editions. Her book Coquillages et Cerfs-volants (Shells and Kites), published by La Martinière Jeunesse, won the Historia Youth Book Prize 2019. In her books, poetry and travelers, art and history happily coexist.

Her offbeat and playful images having first won over the press (Le Parisien) and various brands (Le Slip français), Charlotte Molas has now added children's books to her list of illustration credits. Her books include Vaches (Gallimard) and Sales temps pour les licornes (L'Agrume), and she also contributes regularly to the magazine Georges. She lives and works in Paris and Biarritz.