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100 1 _aCaffin, Charles H.
_q(Charles Henry),
_d1854-1918
245 1 2 _aA Child's Guide to Pictures
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2019
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2019-03-09
508 _aProduced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images available at The Internet Archive)
520 _a"A Child's Guide to Pictures" by Charles H. Caffin is an instructional art guide written in the early 20th century. The book aims to help children understand and appreciate the beauty of art and the principles that govern it, highlighting the importance of feeling over mere intellectual understanding. Through a series of engaging chapters, the author encourages young readers to explore the relationship between beauty, nature, and artistic expression. The opening of the book introduces the central idea that appreciation for art stems from an emotional connection rather than a detailed knowledge of its subject matter. Caffin shares personal anecdotes, illustrating how initial feelings of beauty can lead to deeper understanding over time. He emphasizes the importance of developing a "feeling for beauty" that allows children to recognize and enjoy aesthetic experiences in both art and nature. By presenting concepts such as selection, arrangement, and the emotional impact of art, the author sets the stage for an enlightening exploration of how to appreciate and understand visual beauty. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aNatural history -- Juvenile literature
653 _aArt -- Juvenile literature
653 _aColors -- Juvenile literature
653 _aPainting -- Study and teaching -- Juvenile literature
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/59040
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