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English
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An Artist's Life: Historical Fiction about Art
Art & Artist Fiction
Author Birthdays - December
Read Alikes For Fans of Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Art & Artist Fiction
Author Birthdays - December
Read Alikes For Fans of Silvia Moreno-Garcia
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....
Publisher
Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Reiner Moritz's Masterworks series offers an innovative approach to art appreciation. The ten-minute programs enable viewers to examine closely paintings from galleries around the world. The voice-over commentaries, written by leading art historians, appraise the unique character of the featured paintings, setting them in the context of the artists' work and life as a whole and the period and movement to which they belong.
Author
Publisher
Millbrook Press
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
Provides images of paintings and new, sensory ways to experience them, such as tasting the milk in Vermeer's "The Milkmaid," hearing the music in Tanner's "The Banjo Lesson," or feeling the fur in da Vinci's "Lady with an Ermine."
Author
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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Description
Classic masterpieces are bold, fascinating, and sometimes shockingin other words, perfect for creative children who love to be inspired. Fine Art Adventures introduces young artists, ages 6 and up, to key masterpieces and interesting techniques, then lets them loose. Children will: create a Pointillist artwork with paints and a toothbrush, work with plaster to recreate a cave painting, use cardboard and coat hangers to design a mobile sculpture, build...
Author
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
One of our leading art critics and writers, Martin Gayford, recounts his travels and meetings with the worlds greatest artists. In the course of a career thinking and writing about art, critic Martin Gayford has traveled all over the world both to see works of art and to meet artists. Gayfords journeys, often to fairly inaccessible places, involve frustrations and complications, but also serendipitous encounters and outcomes, which he makes as much...
Author
Publisher
Catapult
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
A Brooklyn-based artist and writer shares her youthful attempts to find meaning in travel, sex, drugs, and art, before sensing that she might need to turn her gaze upon herself.
"A warm and expansive portrait of a woman’s mind that feels at once singular and universal," this collection of essays interweaves commentary on modern life, feminism, art, and sex with the author's own experiences of obsession, heartbreak, and vulnerability (BuzzFeed)....
10) Van Gogh
Author
Publisher
Bridgestone Books
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Discusses the life, works, and lasting influence of Vincent van Gogh.
11) Salvador Dali
Author
Publisher
Childrens Press
Pub. Date
1993.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Briefly describes the life and work of the twentieth-century Spanish surrealist painter, describing and giving examples of his art.
Author
Publisher
Innovation Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Known for her colorful painted paper lessons, elementary art teacher Laura Lohmann has created the go-to art history book to creatively engage kids. Mini Masterpieces: Exploring Art History With Hands-On Projects for Kids encourages young artists to explore various art materials through projects inspired by a diverse collection of famous artists past and present from around the world. This invaluable guide to creating beautiful art includes: 52 art...
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