Seen Art?

I loved this hilarious yet informational book about the subjective, expansive nature of art. The story is about a young boy who is looking for his friend Art. As he asks around for his friend, he is taken through an art museum called MoMA. As he is taken through this museum, he encounters many different forms of art and presented with many different reasons as to why these pieces of art are appreciated so much. The young boy eventually finds his friend named Art and proceeds to show him what art is all about. I loved the fact that this book contains actual art pieces to take the reader through the wide variety of art presented to the main character. The horizontal orientation of the book was really effective in a way that made the show more setting feel like a wide open museum. I also loved how the writing style changed along with the different pieces of art it was describing. This book was clever and fun, and I recommend it as an introduction to defining art for young children. show less

I thought this was an excellent book. I feel like a Dadaist wrote this children's book. Seen Art? is about a boy who is just looking for his friend whose name happens to be "Art". The entire book is a misunderstanding. People throughout the book show him famous works of art by famous artist, and humorously the boy says this isn't art. This book builds in art appreciation in a humorous way.

This book takes you through the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.Although the premise seems simple, ( find the friend named Art) the implications of everyone having a different definition of art is done with humour and wonder. The views of art as very individual, on behalf of the viewer and the artist, is presented beautifully.

A boy is to meet his friend Art in New York City. At the meeting place his friend is not there, so he asked a lady if she has seen Art. The lady sends the boy to MoMA, Museum of Modern Art. Everyone keeps saying MoMa which the little boy thinks is a secret word. He is led through the Museum past very famous paintings. Always, asking to see Art and is shown a new famous picture, painting or mobile of Art. He finds his friend Art waiting outside the building after viewing all the Art inside Moma.

Good book to introduce Art into the classroom. Allowing the children to go on a fun adventure while talking about Art. Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith work very well together, the illustration and the written word are humorous and fun.

I thought this book was neat, original and funny. I loved how realistic it was as it incorporated famous pieces of artwork. This reading informs and teaches you about interpretation of art in a silly way. This is a cute small book you can take anywhere. I think this can be introduced to elementary children and middle school in both an art or regular classroom. I would like to have this book in my classroom. I am a fan of art and looking at these pieces were interesting.

This story is about a boy that misplaces his friend named Art but he ends up in a museum filled with art concepts. I think this is a clever approach in which they use the name Art and mistake it for the concept of art itself. I think the messageis sometimes one ends up finding more than what one was looking for, maybe completely different. This was a good book.

I found this book humorous. As an adult I knew right away where this book was going, but I think for kids. This is great opportunity to introduce them to some of the worlds most famous artists and pieces that have created. The theatric effects that would need to be presented when reading this book aloud is most definitely what makes this book as fun as it is. So you must remember to give it some pizzaz!