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1) Watercolor
Author
Series
Description
This book interweaves artistic analysis with glowing color photography to provide a complete understanding of the topic. A unique album of artists' materials, sketches, equipment, and memorable quotes are presented alongside reproductions of more than 150 works of art.
5) Still life
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2000
Description
Examines different techniques and styles that can be used when drawing objects, including painting, sculpting, photomontage, printing, mosaic, and sculpture, showing examples from great artists and giving suggestions for creating your own works.
9) Manet
Author
Pub. Date
[1993]
Description
This book interweaves biography with artistic analysis to provide a complete understanding of Manet's character and work. A unique "private album" of the artist's materials, contemporary photographs, and his own letters is presented alongside superb color reproductions of 70 of Manet's major and lesser-known works.
10) Seen Art?
Author
Pub. Date
[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
While looking for his friend Art, a boy wanders through the Museum of Modern Art and is amazed by what he discovers there.
13) Claude Monet
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.9 - AR Pts: 2
Description
A biography of one of the most influential artists of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries who captured the essence of light and color on his canvases.
15) Gauguin
Author
Pub. Date
[1992]
Description
Interweaves biography with artistic analysis to providea complete understanding of Gauguin's character and work.
16) The shape game
Author
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
The author/illustrator describes how his mother's wish to spend her birthday visiting an art museum with her family changed the course of his life forever.
18) Impressionism
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 9.4 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Examines the lives of impressionist painters and the influences that shaped their work through re-created albums of letters, sketches, and photographs.
19) Pablo Picasso
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1991
Description
Examines the life and work of Picasso, discussing how and why his art looks the way it does and how it relates to the artist.