Kids, Jigsaws and Art

What if the J. Paul Getty Museum’s paintings were in pieces, and it was up to kids to put them back together again? Or if someone switched the details on the art works, and kids had to find the changes? That’s the world of GettyGames, the J. Paul Getty Art Museum’s newly launched web feature that uses game strategies to help kids focus on art. On GettyGames, youngsters can reassemble Van Gogh’s Irises from jigsaw puzzle pieces, find the changed details in Walker Evans’ Two Elderly Men Conversing, and match the fabric of the dress in Renoir’s La Promenade. If kids become intrigued by the art work while they’re playing the game, they can click and learn more about the artist and the work of art. Irish Art