PROVING THAT POP-UP is not relegated to pop-art, Pienkowski puts
together 56 masterpieces of Western painting and sculpture in
a fairy-tale cottage that folds flat. When expanded, one finds
Whistler's Mother sitting by the fireplace, Vermeer's painter
from his "Allegory of Painting" working in his attic
studio, some Van Eyck people sitting down for breakfast, and Michaelangelo's
David trying on a new bathing suit. Much fun can be had trying
to find and name all the pieces of masterpieces presented here,
and a solution key is given for spoilsports. Still, I wonder what's
to become of this book after it's initial artistry and craft are
enjoyed: It takes up a lot of space when popped-up, and there's
probably a limit on how long it will delight while sitting on
a spare display table that could be put to use holding that pile
of unpaid bills. Still, it could be one of those delightfully
useless gifts which are so much fun to unwrap, and which we'd
never buy for ourselves.
PROVING THAT POP-UP is not relegated to pop-art, Pienkowski puts
together 56 masterpieces of Western painting and sculpture in
a fairy-tale cottage that folds flat. When expanded, one finds
Whistler's Mother sitting by the fireplace, Vermeer's painter
from his "Allegory of Painting" working in his attic
studio, some Van Eyck people sitting down for breakfast, and Michaelangelo's
David trying on a new bathing suit. Much fun can be had trying
to find and name all the pieces of masterpieces presented here,
and a solution key is given for spoilsports. Still, I wonder what's
to become of this book after it's initial artistry and craft are
enjoyed: It takes up a lot of space when popped-up, and there's
probably a limit on how long it will delight while sitting on
a spare display table that could be put to use holding that pile
of unpaid bills. Still, it could be one of those delightfully
useless gifts which are so much fun to unwrap, and which we'd
never buy for ourselves.
