D'Harcourt, Claire
Summary: This sequel to the best-selling Masterpieces Up Close is another fun, interactive book that introduces works of art from museums around the world across different eras and styles, including an ancient Egyptian papyrus, a Byzantine mosaic, Renaissance frescoes, a medieval European tapestry, Arabic and Aztec manuscripts, Japanese woodblock prints, and impressionist, surrealist, and cubist...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton Architectural Press 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Oversize, Call number: J 701 DHAMillington, Ruth
Summary: "Jam-packed with imaginative ideas for all kinds of creative crafts . . . this book will make YOU an artist! Pick up your pencils, collect your collage materials, and take inspiration from 25 of the world's best-known artists in this fact-filled book full of activities. Discover famous masterpieces through the included photographs of real works of art - from ancient cave painting to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nosy Crow 2024
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J702.8 MILDickins, Rosie.
Summary: Features 22 works of art from around the world, each followed by a project to do-- from moody landscapes and messy splatter paintings to magical animal pictures and moving sculptures.
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Publisher / Publication Date: EDC 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Fine DickinsNewbold, Amy
Summary: Introduces a variety of nineteenth and twentieth century painters--including Picasso, O'Keefe, Seurat, and Jacob Lawrence--and their distinctive styles, through paintings of snowmen as each artist might have portrayed them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 759 NEWMack, Jeff
Summary: Describes how artist Marcel Duchamp turned a toilet into a famous work of art.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MACKay, Ann
Summary: Take a colorful journey through the history of art from cave paintings and Renaissance art to modern graffiti. Find out how and why art is made. Explore colors, shapes, patterns and themes. Discover the world's great artists, including Vincent Van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Andy Warhol, and Yayoi Kusama.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2018
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Summary: Little Leonardo's Fascinating World of the Arts is a great way to encourage kids' interests in all manner of artistic pursuits that they might aspire to. This volume introduces children to the many different types of creative fields in the arts including drawing and painting, music and dance, writing, design, architecture, and photography.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gibbs Smith 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 740 COOAlexander, Heather
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 AlexanderRenshaw, Amanda.
Summary: Invites the reader to take a closer look at art work while pointing out tiny details hidden in famous works of art, providing information about a work or an artist, or explaining the techniques used to create the piece.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Phaidon Press 2005
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Fine RenshawBrowne, Anthony
Summary: 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2003
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 708 BROSummary: A family explores paintings and other masterpieces at the art museum. The paintings are brilliant and many of them have mathematical dimensions, whether visible or hidden. Elementary math concepts that relate to perspective, composition, symmetry, and other principles turn a stroll through the art museum into an eye-opening adventure.
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Publisher / Publication Date: TanTan Publishing 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 700 MATMicklethwait, Lucy.
Summary: Uses the subjects of well-known paintings to introduce the numbers from one to twenty.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mulberry Books 1998
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Summary: "Classic masterpieces are bold, fascinating, and sometimes shocking -- in 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." -- Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chicago Review Press 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 745.5 PITNilsen, Anna
Summary: A spot-the-difference game, mystery story, and art book in which readers try to tell which paintings are genuine and which are forgeries. Includes magnifying glass and split-page format.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kingfisher 2000
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 751.5 NILCopies Available at Woodmere
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Fine NilsenBrown, Laurene Krasny.
Summary: As a family wanders through an art museum, they see examples of various art styles from primitive through twentieth-century pop art.
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Publisher / Publication Date: E.P. Dutton 1986
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 708.13 BROBrooks, Susie.
Summary: Introduces readers to works of art featuring animals by such esteemed artists as M.C. Escher, Andy Warhol, Georges Braque, and Henri Matisse, and provides instruction for animal-centered art projects.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kingfisher 2013
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Summary: Full-color reproductions of more than twenty paintings and informative text help children learn why these paintings have intrigued art lovers for centuries and discover just what makes each work a masterpiece.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton Architectural Press 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Oversize, Call number: J 759 DHAKnox, Bob.
Summary: Two children visit the wacky Museum of World Art, where paintings come to life, and they see such works as Egyptian paintings, Roman mosaics, Tibetan scrolls, and American Indian buffalo skin paintings.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rizzoli 1993
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 701.1 KNORaimondo, Joyce.
Summary: An introduction to Surrealism which includes guidance for related activities as well as brief biographies of six artists: Salvador Dali, Rene Magritte, Max Ernst, Joan Mir, Merit Oppenheim, and Frida Kahlo.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Watson-Guptill Publications 2004
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 709 RAID'Harcourt, Claire
Summary: Invites the reader to search for tiny details hidden in famous works of art, providing information about each painting, the techniques used to create them, and how the artists and movements helped art to develop through the ages. Answer key features lift-up flaps.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 709 d'HarLe Moine, Laetitia
Summary: "What is art? Art is cave paintings, pyramids, statues, castles, the Mona Lisa, an upside-down toilet, Banksy's graffiti, and much, much more. Learn about the different historical periods, movements, and themes in art as well as the most famous works of art and architecture throughout time. Look closely to discover in which periods the Colosseum, the Eiffel Tower, the first camera, and Andy...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Prestel 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 709 LE MMicklethwait, Lucy.
Summary: Invites the reader to take a closer look at paintings by such artists as Botticelli, Bruegel, Velasquez, Copley, and Van Gogh, providing information about the artist, subject, and medium of each work of art.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Pub. 1999
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 701 MICKohl, MaryAnn F.
Summary: "75 great American artists are introduced through open-ended art activities allowing kids to explore great art styles from colonial times to the present. Each child-tested art activity presents a biography with full color artwork and techniques covering painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, architecture, and more"--P. [4] of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bright Ring Publishing 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 709.73 KOHCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Fine KohlPfleger, Susanne.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Prestel 1998