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In this elegant set of stories, three modern women are touched in different ways by the paintings of Henri Matisse. In "Medusa's Ankles," a distinguished translator visits a hair salon hoping to regain a hint of her youthful looks. Hung on the wall before her is one of Matisse's iconic portraits. In "Art Works," the three inhabitants of one household-a generous wife, her petulant husband, and their regal housekeeper-make very different artists. And...
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If you were a boy named Henri Matisse who lived in a dreary town in northern France, what would your life be like? Would it be full of color and art? Full of lines and dancing figures? Find out in this beautiful, unusual picture book about one of the world's most famous and influential artists by acclaimed author and Newbery Medal-winning Patricia MacLachlan and innovative illustrator Hadley Hooper.
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Anholt's artists volume 6
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Barrons
Pub. Date
2007
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1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 30 cm.
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Recounts how Henri Matisse, out of gratitude to a nursing nun named Monique who once took care of him, used his influence as an artist to raise money and design what has since become the world-famous Chapel of the Rosary in Vence, France.
10) Henri Matisse
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Franklin Watts
Pub. Date
2002
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46 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 28 cm.
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Discusses the life and career of this French artist, describing and giving examples of his work.
11) Matisse's garden
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The Museum of Mdoern Art
Pub. Date
[2014]
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 31 cm.
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Describes how the artist Henri Matisse began cutting shapes out of paper and posting them on his walls, and how this simple pastime developed into a series of remarkable works of art, and presents fold-out reproductions of eight examples.
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Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2015.
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xvi, 365 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
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When young Pablo Picasso arrived in Paris in October 1900 he made his way up the hillside of Montmartre ... The real revolution in the arts first took place not, as is commonly supposed, in the 1920s to the accompaniment of the Charleston, black jazz and mint juleps but more quietly and intimately, in the shadow of the windmills-- artificial and real-- and in the cafes and cabarets of Montmartre during the first decade of the century. The cross-fertilization...
14) Matisse Picasso
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Re?union des Muse?es Nationaux
Pub. Date
2002
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400 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), ports. ; 32 cm.
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Random House
Pub. Date
[2016]
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xxiii, 390 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm
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"Picasso & Matisse. Manet & Degas. Pollack & de Kooning. Lucian Freud & Francis Bacon. This is the story of four pairs of artists -- each linked by friendship and a spirit of competitiveness. Taken together, they form an impressive lineage stretching across more than 150 years. But in each case, these relationships had a flashpoint, a damaging psychological event that seemed to mark both an end and a new beginning, a break that led onto new creative...
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Teaching Company
Pub. Date
c2010
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4 DVDs (720 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (vi, 97 p. ; 19 cm.)
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The aim of these lectures is to make viewers feel welcome and comfortable in the company of paintings. By focusing on 65 masterpieces of Western painting, Professor William Kloss offers a vivid, visceral encounter with genius, shining light on the unique technical, stylistic, and expressive achievements of each painting. From the 14th century to the 20th, the images are examined for their qualities of uniqueness, impact, and emotional and intellectual...
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