Representations of art and art museums in children's picture books

Abstract

"This study explores how over three hundred children's picture books, most of them published in the last three decades in English, introduce children to art and art museums. It considers how the books emerge from and relate to a range of theories and assumptions about childhood and childhood development, children's literature and culture, illustration, visual art, museology, and art education"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents

Art museums as picture books -- What museums mean -- The triumph of subjective response -- Artworks coming to life in picture books -- Museums in informational picture books -- Picture books as museums -- Art allusions in picture book illustrations -- Which art, and why? : art education and cultural capital.