Text by M.S. De Salvia Baldini - colour illustrations by P. Boldrini - publication year: 1995 - hardcover. 160x160 mm. 48 pp. - over 60 photos and illustrations -

Psychologists believe that individuals can appreciate Beauty only after they have acquired a measure of intellectual and cultural maturity. But it is a fact that even young children possess a budding artistic sensibility. Their drawings bear out this fact: colours are often associated in remarkable ways. and the shapes of things – the sun. a dog. a house or a tree – are rendered with striking simplicity and originality. Written by an art historian. and based on her experience as a mother. this slim volume successfully stimulates the dawning aesthetic sense and power of observation in children aged 3 to 7. “explaining” to them in a straightforward way some of masterpieces found in Florence’s museums. It is no surprise. then. that “Playing with Art” has become a best-seller. with more than 150.000 copies sold in four years.