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Author
Series
My weird school volume 4
Language
English
Description
A.J. and his friends in the second grade learn that art can be made out of anything, even garbage.
Author
Series
Publisher
Ediciones Ekaré
Language
Español
Description
Matias has decided to draw the Sun. It seems, however, that what for Matias is clearly his best drawing of this star, represents many other things for his friends. They all appreciate his work in a very different way, and that is why they see so many different things in his drawing.
Author
Series
Robert Langdon novels volume 2
Language
English
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Description
Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon and French cryptologist Sophie Neveu work to solve the murder of an elderly curator of the Louvre, a case which leads to clues hidden in the works of Da Vinci and a centuries-old secret society.
Publisher
Teaching Co
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
"This course will take you around the world to look at and examine in depth some of the greatest masterpieces of ancient art. We will explore spectacular artworks from diverse places and times, starting with cave paintings that were made at the dawn of human creativity in the Paleolithic age to the contents of tombs and buildings, remarkable stone sculptures, and wrought gold and textiles that were made as recently as 600 years ago. Each of the...
8) Seen Art?
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
While looking for his friend Art, a boy wanders through the Museum of Modern Art and is amazed by what he discovers there.
Author
Language
English
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Description
Like a song that feels written just for you, Larissa Pham's debut work of nonfiction captures the imagination and refuses to let go. Pop Song is a book about love and about falling in love--with a place, or a painting, or a person--and the joy and terror inherent in the experience of that love. Plumbing the well of culture for clues and patterns about love and loss--from Agnes Martin's abstract paintings to James Turrell's transcendent light works,...
12) Diego
Author
Publisher
Dragonfly Books
Pub. Date
1994.
Language
English
Description
Discusses the childhood of Diego Rivera and how it influenced his art.
Author
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
From the Publisher: Anticipating how kids react to paintings by artists as diverse as Botticelli, Vermeer, Degas, Chagall, and Pollack, this resource for adults who want children to love and understand art prepares them for the types of questions kids ask. Providing parents and teachers with valuable tips for making any visit to a museum with children a success, this guide offers a great primer or refresher course on art history, allowing adults to...
15) Art as therapy
Author
Publisher
Phaidon Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
What is art's purpose? In this engaging, lively, and controversial new book, bestselling philosopher Alain de Botton and art historian John Armstrong propose a new way of looking at familiar masterpieces, suggesting that they can be useful, relevant, and - above all else - therapeutic for their viewers. De Botton argues that certain great works offer clues on managing the tensions and confusions of everyday life. Chapters on Love, Nature, Money, and...
Author
Publisher
Millbrook Press
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Reproductions of famous paintings-from the art of Georgia O'Keeffe to Paul Klee-combine with simple texts to introduce children to the unique visions of individual artists and encourage them to experience art with all their senses.
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers in association with the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Can you find the hidden details in these American paintings, prints, and textiles from The Metropolitan Museum of Art? Includes "Washington Crossing the Delaware," by Emmanuel Leutze; "Across the Continent: "Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way"," by Frances Flora Bond Palmer for Currier & Ives; "The Last Moments of John Brown," by Thomas Hovenden; "Thanksgiving Turkey," by Grandma Moses; "The Photographer," by Jacob Lawrence; and "Street...
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