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Clare Gittings has been a primary school teacher, a VSO teacher educator in the Republic of Maldives, and has been responsible for all primary school visits to the National Portrait Gallery, London, since 1989. Her published works range from a book on brass-rubbing, written when she was fourteen, to academic works of historical research. She has written extensively for children and their teachers, helping them to enjoy and see more in portraits.This fascinating book, written in conjunction with the London National Portrait Gallery, examines what portraits are and what they can tell you about the sitter (and the artist) through examining some of the world’s greatest portraits.
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- Text type – Information book
- There is a useful glossary and index of pictures on pages 44-45 and a quiz on page 47, where readers have to guess the portrait from a given detail.
- Curriculum links – Art and design: the roles and purposes of artists, craftspeople and designers; History: Victorian Britain.
- This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.
This fascinating book, written in conjunction with the London National Portrait Gallery, examines what portraits are and what they can tell you about the sitter (and the artist) through examining some of the world’s greatest portraits.
This fantastic non-fiction book was produced in collaboration with the National Portrait Gallery.
This fantastic non-fiction book was produced in collaboration with the National Portrait Gallery.
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