Summary: The aim of these lectures is to make viewers feel welcome and comfortable in the company of paintings. By focusing on 65 masterpieces of Western painting, Professor William Kloss offers a vivid, visceral encounter with genius, shining light on the unique technical, stylistic, and expressive achievements of each painting. From the 14th century to the 20th, the images are examined for their...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Great DVD 759 World 2010Summary: The development of the arts in Europe from the Middle Ages to the modern era is an astonishing record of cultural achievement, from the breathtaking architecture of Gothic cathedrals to the daring visual experiments of the Cubist painters. We all have our favorite artists, periods, or styles from this immensely rich tradition, but how many of us truly know the full sweep of European art? How...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 HISFredericks, Mariah
Summary: "Jane Prescott is taking a break from her duties as lady's maid for a week, and plans to begin it with attending the hottest and most scandalous show in town: the opening of an art exhibition, showcasing the cubists, that is shocking New York City. 1913 is also the fiftieth anniversary of Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation speech, and the city's great and good are determined to celebrate in...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2020
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Originally produced as individual silent motion pictures in France, the Netherlands, Germany, and the United States, these twenty-five short films epitomize the avant garde movement of the 1920's and 1930's. The films are drawn from the collection assembled by Raymond Rohauer, one of the nation's foremost proponents of experimental cinema, founder of the Hollywood Film Society, and longtime...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Kino International 2005
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1 available in Avant-Garde DVDs, Call number: DVD AVANT-GARDE AVAMühlberger, Richard.
Summary: Takes a close-up look at key paintings by Pablo Picasso, analyzing composition, line, color, subject matter, and the world in which he lived to define the characteristics of his work.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Metropolitan Museum of Art 1994
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Place a hold to request this item.Salmansohn, Karen.
Summary: Introduces toddlers to the world of art with illustrations representing such movements as Dadaism and Cubism. On board pages.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Tricycle Press 2003
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1 available in Board Books, Call number: JE Board Salmansohn 2003Cujec, Carol
Summary: Sometimes Charity cannot control her body and because she has low-functioning autism, Charity cannot communicate her thoughts to anyone else, even though she feels all of the frustrations, fears, and doubts of a typical thirteen-year-old.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Shadow Mountain 2020
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC CUJLocal Natives (Musical group)
Contents: Wide eyes -- Airplanes -- Sun hands -- World news -- Shape shifter -- Camera talk -- Cards and quarters -- Warning sign -- Who knows who cares -- Cubism dream -- Stranger things -- Sticky thread.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: French Kiss Records 2010
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK LOCBaer, T. H.
Summary: Volume is the amount of space a liquid takes up in a container. This engaging book takes a look at how to measure volume and why its useful. Whether using the displacement method or simple containers marked with measurements, there are many different ways to measure liquids. Readers will learn to measure volume in both U.S. and International measurements to further their learning and ensure...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Publishing 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 516.1 BAECopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Number BaerSummary: This superb documentary covers the long and extraordinary life of Picasso, beginning with the first period of his life in Malaga, La Coruna, and Barcelona (the time of his classic painting) and continuing in Paris, Vallauris, and Vouvenargue. This beautifully photographed program follows the development of this genius through the Pink and Blue Periods, surrealism, cubism, sculpture, and...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Rusick, Jessica
Summary: "In this title, readers learn common symptoms and behaviors of autism and how it affects kids at school and in relationships. Text includes suggestions on how to be a kind and respectful friend to someone with autism and appropriate activities kids can enjoy together. A famous person who has overcome the challenges of autism is highlighted."--Amazon.com
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Big Buddy Books, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2022