1: What is this book about?
2: What is art for?
3: Why do we need art?
4: My experience: Michael Rosen
5: My experience: Annemarie Young
6: Who are artists? Where do they come from?
7: My experience: Andria Zafirakou
8: How is art transformative?
9: Where is art and where does it come from?
10: Do you need training to be an artist or to respond to art?
11: My experience: Lemn Sissay
12: What use is the imagination?
13: What do we gain by being creative?
14: My experience: Preti Taneja
15: Why is art sometimes marginalised?
16: My experience: Peter Beard
17: Can art change anything?
18: My experience: Mathilda Crompton and Meri Wells
19: Is comedy art?
20: Music
21: My experience: Kate Clanchy
22: What do you think?
23: Glossary
24: Further information
25: Index
Products specifications
Author
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Michael Rosen |
Pub Date
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14/04/2022 |
Binding
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Paperback / softback |
Pages
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48 |
Country
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United Kingdom |
Dewey
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701.1 |
GBPPrice
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9.99 |
A highly topical look at the role of art and the importance of creativity in our lives and the wider world. Art, in its widest sense, encompasses many different forms, from painting and poetry to dance, pottery and quilting and much else besides. Creativity is an essential part of what makes us human as well as being crucial for a range of disciplines in the world of work, including science, architecture and technological innovation. This book asks many questions relating to the importance of art in our lives, such as where is art and where does the impulse to make art come from? Who are artists? What is art for? Can art change anything? What use is the imagination and what is the point of daydreaming? It includes pieces from a range of contributors, including Kate Clanchy, Lemn Sissay, Preti Taneja and Andria Zafirakou, who write about their relationship with art and describe what being creative means to them and to others.
Aimed at young people aged 10 and upwards.
Part of the groundbreaking and important 'And Other Big Questions' series, which offers balanced and considered views on the big issues we face in the world we live in today.
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