Venezia, Mike.
Summary: Briefly examines the life and work of the renowned twentieth-century artist, describing and giving examples from his various periods or styles.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Childrens Press 1988
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB PICASSO VENPissarro, Joachim.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Museum of Modern Art 2005
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 759.4 PISBareau, Juliet Wilson.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philadelphia Museum of Art 2003
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 759.4 WILContents: Introduction : women envision the West, 1890-1945 / Virginia Scharff -- Searching for selfhood : women artists of Northern California / Susan Landauer -- "Islands on the land" : women traditionalists of Southern California / Patricia Trenton -- The adventuresome, the eccentrics, and the dreamers : women modernists of Southern California / Ilene Susan Fort -- Northwestern exposure / Vicki Halper...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Autry Museum of Western Heritage in association with the University of California Press 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 759.18 INDOrmond, Richard
Summary: Many of the sitters in this collection were John Singer Sargent's close friends. They are posed informally, sometimes in the act of painting or singing, and it is evident from the bold way they confront us that they are personalities of a creative stamp. Brilliant as these pictures are as works of art and penetrating studies of character, they are also records of relationships, allegiances,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The National Portrait Gallery 2015
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 702 SARGENT ORMSummary: This film traces the relationship between the aristocratic painter and the avant-garde culture of the Montmartre neighborhood, using works of art by Lautrec and his colleagues, rare archival footage, and sound recordings and interviews.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Home Vision Entertainment 2005
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC TOUStuckey, Charles F.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hudson Hills Press 1987
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 759.4 STUBean, Susan S.
Summary: "A revolutionary art movement asserted itself in India between the declaration of independence at midnight on August 15, 1947, and the economic boom of the 1990s. This is the first in-depth study of the three generations of artists responsible for critical shifts in the development of India's modernist art.Their achievements and the country's unprecedented boom ushered India's modern and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thames & Hudson 2012
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 759.954 BEAWiggins, Colin.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dorling Kindersley 1993
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 759.056 WIGStiefel, Chana
Summary: "The story begins with Yaffa Eliach, a spirited young girl who grows up in a vibrant, happy 800-year-old town in Poland, filled with family life and rich traditions. Yaffa's grandmother, who receives a gift of a camera from America, becomes the village photographer, and takes photos of all the family events: weddings, bar mitzvahs, and family gatherings. And on the Jewish New Year, the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE STIMerberg, Julie.
Summary: Set against the backdrop of well-known works by the artist Paul Gauguin, rhyming text reveals the way of life in a South Seas island village.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2007
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1 available in Board Books, Call number: JE MERSummary: 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2010
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 WORCall number: DVD 709 WOR
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Great DVD 759 World 2010Welton, Jude.
Summary: Examines the lives of impressionist painters and the influences that shaped their work through re-created albums of letters, sketches, and photographs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dorling Kindersley in association with the Art Institute of Chicago 1993
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 759.054 WELNewbold, 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 NEWBerger, Martin A.
Summary: Photographers shot millions of pictures of the black civil rights struggle between the close of World War II and the early 1970s, yet most Americans today can recall just a handful of images that look remarkably similar. In the popular imagination, the civil rights movement is remembered in dramatic photographs of protestors attacked with police dogs and fire hoses, firebombs and shotguns, tear...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University Of California 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 323.119 FRESweeney, J. Gray
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Museum 1983
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 758.2 SWECallen, Anthea.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chartwell Books 1982
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 759.054 CALCohen-Solal, Annie
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 759.1309 COHSummary: Go behind the scenes of the largest Vermeer exhibition ever mounted, now on view at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. Capturing the imagination of the art world, with glowing reviews, global press, and tickets sold out through the entirety of its run, the Rijksmuseum's Vermeer retrospective is nothing short of a historic event. This fascinating documentary is a unique opportunity to discover what...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC CLO1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: HOT DVD
Graber, Corinne
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Publisher / Publication Date: CLB 1994
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 759.4 GRASchneider, Norbert
Contents: The great age of the portrait -- Origins of the portrait -- Early portrait of a ruler -- Portraits of Renaissance women -- The psychological portrait -- Portraits and caricatures -- Portraits of Renaissance humanists -- Mythologising portraits -- Portraits of popes and cardinals -- Portraits of artists and collectors -- Artists' self-portraits -- Portrait of a friend -- "Teste composte" --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Benedikt Taschen 1994