Books for children where the images have an important function in creating the stage for the story. Stories in which time is often a flexible idea through which the characters (artists or historical sites) are actual.
The images that illustrate these books are often reproductions of more or less well known artworks, modificated, integrated with particulars of other sources, coloured, redesigned and changed according to the story. Their function is to make the story more alive and also to make the children familiar with paintings, scuptures and monuments that they might get to know later on in their life. In the cover information there’s always information on the city or museum where they can find the original artwork.
The cover is double folded and full of useful information on the life of the artist, the construction, the art of painting or sculpturing, or the historical period. It also has a glossary to explain difficult or strange words. This verified and accurately researched information can be a helpful instrument. |