Friday, April 9, 2010
Picture Books
What do you want to add to class discussion which was cut short as we go on to see "Where the Wild Things Are" on Tuesday? Consider any questions you have about any of the picture books. Consider the following for each of the books this term: What does it urge (for children and young adults)? What does it inspire (in you)? What does it imply (in terms of values)?
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A few weeks ago I went to see Monet's Water Lillies exhibition at the MoMA, and this coincided with our class disscusion of Linnea in Monet's Garden. As I was looking at the paintings I was wondering how exactly children perceive art. There were no children in the room for the whole time I was there. Later that day I went to see Tim Burton's exhibition, and it was packed with kids. I wonder whether the children prefer cartoon drawings ( I found much of Tim Burton's work quite disturbing) over actual paintings or whether it is the adults that assume so.
ReplyDeleteI fell in love with Linnea when she said: "Listen, we had far more important things to see than [the Eiffel Tower]". Some children are just wiser than many adults.
Of course, Linnea is a fictional child, but when children are brought up familiar or come to be familiar with paintings, they do like them. It requires adults to bring them to it. RNatov
ReplyDeleteMost of Tim Burton's stuff disturbs me too but I think some children respond to that juxtaposition of fear and creativity. Look at Max in Where the Wild Things Are. As much as he loves inventing new worlds and creatures, he also makes them a manifestation of his fears.
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