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Publisher
DK Pub
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
612 p. : col. ill. ; 31 cm.
Description
Within each time period, provides examples of significant works in painting, sculpture, drawing and other media. Highlights themes that were important at various times such as nudes, landscape, still life, and love. Includes brief biographies of some artists and a "closer look" in depth for the most significant works.
2) Horse
Author
Description
Kentucky, 1850. Jarrett, an enslaved groom, and a bay foal forge a bond of understanding that will carry the horse to record-setting victories across the South. As the nation erupts in civil war, an itinerant young artist who has made his name painting the racehorse takesup arms for the Union. On a perilous night, he reunites with the stallion and his groom, very far from the glamor of any racetrack. New York City, 1954. Martha Jackson, a gallery...
Author
Publisher
North Light Books, an imprint of F+W Media, Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
158 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Description
Take a mixed-media journey to the very heart of your creativity! Tell your story as only you can, through a series of guided projects that culminate in a beautiful, autobiographical art journey worthy of passing along to future generations. Twenty-four inventive, step-by-step prompts help you to: set the scene for making art, draw inspiration, shape your story and express yourself through mixed-media techniques. This book is all about digging deeper,...
Author
Series
Gabriel Allon novels volume 22
Description
Legendary spy and art restorer Gabriel Allon has at long last severed ties with Israeli intelligence and settled quietly in Venice, the only place where he has ever truly known peace. His beautiful wife, Chiara, has taken over the day-to-day management of the Tiepolo Restoration Company, and their two young children are discreetly enrolled in a neighborhood scuola elementare. For his part, Gabriel spends his days wandering the streets and canals of...
Author
Publisher
Quarry Books, an imprint of Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
111 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
Description
"The advice and exercises in If You Can Doodle, You Can Paint, help readers dig into their creative life to find a style that is authentically theirs"--
6) The dot
Author
Series
Creatrilogy volume 1
Description
Vashti believes that she cannot draw, but her art teacher's encouragement leads her to change her mind.
12) Drawn together
Author
Formats
Description
A boy and his grandfather cross a language and cultural barrier using their shared love of art, storytelling, and fantasy.
14) Framed
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When the National Gallery is flooded, the stuffy curator is forced to flee to the mountains of Wales, along with the paintings. He gets more than he bargained for when he meets the townspeople.
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books
Pub. Date
1999
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 22 x 26 cm.
Description
At the art museum, while her grandmother dozes, Katie steps into the painting of the Mona Lisa and together they have adventures with the characters from four other well-known Renaissance paintings. Includes information about the artists.
16) Draw fifty cats
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
c1986
Physical Desc
[60] p. : ill. (some col.) ; 32 cm.
Description
Step-by-step instructions on how to draw a variety of cats, including domestic breeds, wild cats, cuddly kittens, and celebrity cats.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Co
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
564 p. ; 25 cm.
Description
Psychiatrist Andrew Marlowe, devoted to his profession and the painting hobby he loves, has a solitary but ordered life. When renowned painter Robert Oliver attacks a canvas in the National Gallery of Art and becomes his patient, Marlow finds that order destroyed. Desperate to understand the secret that torments the genius, he embarks on a journey that leads him into the lives of the women closest to Oliver and a tragedy at the heart of French Impressionism....
Author
Publisher
Quarry Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
109 pages : color illustrations ; 20 x 22 cm
Description
Offers step-by-step, illustrated instructions for drawing animals using colored pencils, including elephants, polar bears, lions, penguins, and deer, with tips on drawing animal hair and experimenting with colors.
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