Art & Craft Facts for Kids
Colourful facts about art and creativity
Louis Comfort Tiffany revolutionised stained glass in America in the late 1800s with his famous lampshades and windows.
Alexander Calder invented the mobile β a hanging sculpture with moving parts β in the 1930s.
'The Thinker' by Auguste Rodin was originally part of a larger door called 'The Gates of Hell' inspired by Dante.
The Bauhaus school in Germany (1919-1933) changed modern design by uniting fine art, craft, and industrial design.
Washi is a traditional Japanese handmade paper used in art, origami, and bookbinding β it is stronger than regular paper.
Some of the oldest sculptures are tiny Venus figurines made 25,000 years ago β showing women in exaggerated form.
In 2018, a Banksy painting self-destructed through a shredder hidden in its frame moments after being sold at auction.
Some artists paint 3D street art on flat pavements that looks astonishingly real when photographed from the right angle.
Art movements often respond to historical events β Picasso's 'Guernica' was a direct reaction to the bombing of a Spanish town.
Negative space is the empty space around a subject in a painting β skilled artists use it to create balance and interest.