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★2017 Italian Andersen Award Best dissemination project.
★Mention Bologna Ragazzi Award - non fiction title.
★ Small Portable Art Gallery Seriesis a series of children's art cultivation books jointly launched by Painter's Star Press and Florence Municipal Museum. Art galleries are places where all kinds of paintings are kept. This series of books are selected from famous works of art, aiming to make each book into a collection of themed art gallery works, small and portable, so that children can immerse themselves in a good art atmosphere anytime and anywhere.
★ Not only can you see masterpieces of art, but this series of books also provides every child with the opportunity to doodle, color, cut, collage and other hands-on activities. The finished works can be used to decorate the room, so that the home can become a museum of unique, children's own works.
★The series invites the best illustrators of the Italian and international scene to tackle the great themes of the history of painting: portraits, animals, still life, etc. By reproducing the masterpieces of the present and the past in the form of drawings and sketches, the authors offer children an original exercise in drawing and attention.

The series includes 20 titles: Colors, Black, Green, Blue, Yellow, White, Red, Human beings, Outside, "Playing. The art of entertainment", Typography, Wonderful fables by Antonio Canova, Eating at the table of the art masters, Mosaics, Depero and the house of the wizard, "Giotto. A sketchbook", Still-life painting, Ladies and knights, "Paintings, pictures, animals", Landscapes

We sit down at the table everyday because we’re hungry. But also because we want to enjoy some company, talk, learn. Families, friends, fellows gather around the table: not just to eat but to be together, to celebrate; every culture with their own traditions, their colours, their stories. With this book, Andrea Nante and Alicia Baladan make us understand how the table is a very important place. Art has always depicted convivial gatherings and great painters of all times have looked at this topic with special attention, because it’s strictly related to human beings and to their private, social life.

Andrea Nante is an Art historian. Since 2000, he is director of Museo Diocesano in Padua. From 1996 to 1999 he worked at the Andrea Palladio International Centre for Architectural Studies, in Vicenza. He was teacher of Ancient and Medieval Art History at the Faculty of Architecture of Ferrara.

Alicia Baladan was born in 1969 in Uruguay where she lived until she was 11. After attending high school in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, she moved to Italy and graduated at Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera, Milan. Her work has been exhibited in international shows and animation film festivals. From 2008, she’s being focusing on illustration. Currently, she lives and works in Brescia. ⁠