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Oceanside volume 1
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Rocked by tragedy, Annie Marlow returns to the one place she knows she can heal: the cottage by the sea where she spent many happy childhood holidays with her family. There, Annie meets Keaton, a local painter with a big heart; Mellie, the reclusive landlord Annie is determined to befriend; and Britt, a teenager with a terrible secret. With them her broken spirit starts to heal. Then events threaten Annie's new idyll. And when the opportunity of a...
2) Claude Monet
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.9 - AR Pts: 2
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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.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 5
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Traces the life of 19-century Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh, with excerpts from correspondence with his brother Theo and full-color reproductions from his work. Vincent Van Gogh-one of the nineteenth century's most brilliant artists-will forever be remembered as the Dutchman who cut off his ear. This incident underscores the passion that consumed him, a passion that also infused his work. Whether painting a portrait, a landscape, or a still life,...
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Spanning much of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the novel follows the fortunes of the extraordinary Whittaker family as led by the enterprising Henry Whittaker--a poor-born Englishman who makes a great fortune in the South American quinine trade, eventually becoming the richest man in Philadelphia. Born in 1800, Henry's brilliant daughter, Alma (who inherits both her father's money and his mind), ultimately becomes a botanist of considerable...
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Alessandra Cecchi is not quite fifteen when her father, a prosperous cloth merchant, brings a young painter back from northern Europe to decorate the chapel walls in the family's Florence palazzo. A child of the Renaissance with a precocious mind and a talent for drawing, Alessandra is intoxicated by the artist's abilities. But Alessandra's parents have made plans for their daughter, and she is soon married off to a wealthy, much older man. Meanwhile,...
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Pub. Date
2002
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The indispensable guide to the background and technique of over 100 master paintings, with specially commissioned photographs, explanatory diagrams and actual size details-- all compiled with the aid of a panel of picture conservatos and art historians specializing in painting technique.
11) To the hilt
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 14
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The "hilt" of Francis's delightful 35th thriller refers to the jewel-encrusted, solid gold handle of the ceremonial sword of Scotland's would-be king, Bonnie Prince Charlie. A descendant of the Scottish earl to whom the prince gave the hilt, narrator Alexander Kinloch lives in an unelectrified bothy in the Scottish mountains, supporting himself through his paintings. Al's keen visual sense allows him to draw the faces of the four thugs who beat him...
12) Jackson Pollock
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Pub. Date
[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Highlights the life and work of one of America's greatest abstract artists.
13) Frida
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Pub. Date
2002.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Discusses the childhood of Frida Kahlo and how it influenced her art.
14) Great painters
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Pub. Date
[1984]
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Traces the development of European painting from the late 1200's through World War I by examining the lives and works of such artists as Giotto, Delacroix, Gauguin, and Picasso.
15) Van Gogh
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
This Eyewitness Art--Van Gogh, interweaves biography with artistic analysis to provide a complete understanding of van Gogh's character and work.
17) Georgia O'Keeffe
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Contains 108 color plates accompanied by text written by the artist.
19) Botticelli
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Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 9.3 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Examines the life and work of the Italian painter of the early Renaissance describing and giving examples of his art.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 11
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Alicia Berenson's life is seemingly perfect. A famous painter married to an in-demand fashion photographer, she lives in a grand house with big windows overlooking a park in one of London's most desirable areas. One evening her husband Gabriel returns home late from a fashion shoot, and Alicia shoots him five times in the face, and then never speaks another word. Alicia's refusal to talk, or give any kind of explanation, turns a domestic tragedy into...