A Whole World of Art - A Time-travelling Trip Through a Whole World of Art
By Sarah Phillips

This beautifully illustrated book seeks to tell children the true, diverse and decolonised story of art around the world.Even before they could write, people were telling stories with pictures. And though art is universal, the story we know about it is not.and A Whole World of Artand opens your eyes toand a global view of artand by taking you on a whirlwind tour around the world and through time. With two companions - a boy and a girl - travel throughand 25 destinations from the history of art, circling the globe.and As they travel, they explore theand rich visual canon from each culture they visitand through looking at different key works and examine the lives of the artists who created them.Each spread shows a stunning, edge-to-edge illustrated scene from art historyand portraying an artist or artists making important artwork within a detailed background. A paragraph of introductory text and small captions around the page giveand fascinating details about the artists and the time and placeand in which they lived. Art project ideas provide inspiration throughout. Visit:Athens, Greece (450 BCE),and where you will marvel at the gleaming gold statues and marble architecture;and The Ming Dynasty, China (1368-1644), where you will discover intricate designs, drawings and calligraphy on paper and porcelain;and Benin City, Africa (1550), where you will meet the brass-casters who create elaborately detailed plaques and ornaments only for the Oba (or king);and Coyoacan, Mexico (1907-1954), where you will get to know the painters Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera;and Written by art history teacherand Dr Sarah Phillips, who rewrote and decolonised the A Level syllabus in the UK, and illustrated by talented artist Dion Mehaga Bangun Djayasaputra, this gorgeous book offers aand fresh, inclusive view of the history of art.