Explores paintings, each with a famous and fascinating story behind it.

Can you find the hidden details in these American paintings, prints, and textiles from The Metropolitan Museum of Art? Includes "Washington Crossing the Delaware," by Emmanuel Leutze; "Across the Continent: "Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way"," by Frances Flora Bond Palmer for Currier & Ives; "The Last Moments of John Brown," by Thomas Hovenden; "Thanksgiving Turkey," by Grandma Moses; "The Photographer," by Jacob Lawrence; and "Street...

Courage, loyalty, justice, to name a few, are some of the abstract concepts expressed through associative images: a pining dog lying on his master's tomb, the blindfolded Justitia with her scales and sword. This program looks at a wide range of symbols, at allegory, and at larger symbolic works like a monument commemorating the victims of World War II.

A series of rhymes about artists and their works introduces counting and grouping numbers, as well as such artistic styles as cubism, pointillism, and surrealism.

An introduction to portraits and portrait painting, the different ways in which artists can portray people, why people started painting portraits, and instructions for activities to try.

A beautiful compendium of the world's most famous and greatest paintings and an introduction to art history for children.

Provides a brief history of art all the way from Prehistoric art through Classical art, through the Renaissance, to Cubism, Surrealism, and the modern art of today.

Describes the history and main characteristics of Renaissance art and examines numerous examples of the painting, architecture, and sculpture of the period.

A young girl tours and twirls through museum galleries experiencing different emotions evoked by different styles of art, and then expresses her energy and inspiration when she finds an empty canvas.