Gurstelle, William.
Summary: With some scrap wood, rope, hammer, nails, and this book, build seven historic catapults including Ludgar the War Wolf, God's Stone Thrower, Cabulus, and the Wild Donkey -- simple yet sophisticated hurling machines that rely on the fundamentals of math and physics using levers, force, torsion, tension, and traction. Through these exciting projects, the colorful history of siege warfare comes to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chicago Review Press 2004
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Each section features a lavish double-page image of an influential painting that defines each artistic style. Seminal works of genius are portrayed in their historical context, with attention paid to the culture of the time and the lives of their creators.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2013
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Summary: Explores the world of art and artists, including Michelangelo, Mary Cassatt, and Vincent Van Gogh, and features do-it-yourself art projects.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Fine AlexanderSummary: This program traces Greek civilization from the Minoans to the city-states dominated by Athens. The Trojan War, Marathon, Thermopylae, and Salamis are discussed as major historical turning points. The rise of the Roman Empire and its 500-year dominance of Europe and the Mediterranean are attributed to its engineering and architectural expertise and military prowess. Emperor Diocletian,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Some of the earliest landscape paintings are found on the walls of Egyptian tombs-demonstrating that, since ancient times, panoramic scenes of nature have held spiritual significance. This program guides viewers through the history of landscape art and its various emotional, symbolic, and sacred meanings. Progressing through ancient Greek and Roman villa paintings, Byzantine art, and the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: This program considers the debt Western civilization owes to paganism, Christianity, and Islam, showing how each religion has influenced the other and how the art of all three continues to exert an effect on the world. Highlighting the lifelike sculptures of ancient Greece that celebrate what it is to be human; the primitive daubs in Roman catacombs, shimmering Byzantine mosaics, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Ryan, Kate
Summary: Master the Arts! is an activity book for kids and focuses on eight Italian masterpieces from the Prado’s collection. Filled with stories about the artists and people of the time, children will discover facts about art while having fun drawing pictures of angels, gladiators and action scenes inspired by Greek and Roman mythology. The children’s drawings and creative work will turn this book into...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Fine RyanSummary: Far from disappearing after the Hellenistic age, Greek art flourished with the rise of Christianity and the Orthodox church. This program explores the development of icon painting, the influence of Greek artists on later European movements, and the advent of neoclassical architecture as a manifestation of an age-old cultural legacy. With historical context from the conversion of Constantine...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: This program studies cultural transformations that began in the fifth century BC as Greek art discarded religious functions and moved toward human-centered concerns. Views of Cycladic sculpture and Koiros statues demonstrate an evolving realism, leading to stunning examples of the idealized human figure: the Kritios boy, the Temple of Zeus pediments, Praxiteles' Hermes, and others. With...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005