"For the past eleven years the National Gallery has issued a family quarterly that included an "Inside Scoop" featuring artists and works from the museum. This book is a collection of those "Scoops"--updated, revised, and expanded. The book is grouped around seven general themes and highlights works from different time periods to encourage comparisons among them. We hope the book will inspire children to explore and develop "an eye for art."

"Presented by the National Gallery of Art, Washington."

Studying Nature. John Constable -- Claude Monet -- Martin Johnson Heade -- Georgia O'Keeffe -- Andy Goldsworthy -- Exploring Places. Rembrandt van Rijn -- Canaletto -- Jasper Francis Cropsey -- Thomas Moran -- Henri Matisse -- George Bellows -- Examining Portraits. Leonardo da Vinci -- Elisabeth Louise Vigée-LeBrun -- Vincent van Gogh -- Chuck Close -- Telling Stories. Fra Angelico and Fra Filippo Lippi -- Raphael -- Peter Paul Rubens -- John Singleton Copley -- Augustus Saint-Gaudens -- Jacob Lawrence -- Observing Everyday Life. Osias Beert the Elder -- Jan Steen -- Edouard Manet -- Winslow Homer -- Mary Cassatt -- Wayne Thiebaud -- Questioning Traditions. Giuseppe Arcimboldo -- Johannes Vermeer -- J.M.W. Turner -- Pablo Picasso -- Joan Miró -- Diego Rivera -- Romare Bearden -- Jackson Pollock -- Playing with Space. Edgar Degas -- Alexander Calder -- Dan Flavin -- Martin Puryear -- Timeline of artists.