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3) My art book
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An introduction to art and art history with instructions and step-by step photography showing how to create works of art like mosaics, sculptures, and collages.
9) People
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Examines different techniques and styles that can be used when drawing people, including portraits, caricature, collage, and 3-D modeling, using examples from great artists and suggestions for creating your own works.
10) Vincent van Gogh
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Follows the life and artistic development of the painter who moved from Belgium and Holland to France, was influenced by Impressionism, and eventually created his own unique style.
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Can you find the hidden details in these American paintings, prints, and textiles from The Metropolitan Museum of Art? Includes "Washington Crossing the Delaware," by Emmanuel Leutze; "Across the Continent: "Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way"," by Frances Flora Bond Palmer for Currier & Ives; "The Last Moments of John Brown," by Thomas Hovenden; "Thanksgiving Turkey," by Grandma Moses; "The Photographer," by Jacob Lawrence; and "Street...
13) Mary Cassatt
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Briefly examines the life and work of the American Impressionist painter, describing and giving examples of her art.
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Invites young readers to search for alphabet letters concealed in paintings by famous masters of Western art including Picasso, Dalí, Van Gogh, Matisse, Giotto, Chagall, Mondrian, Hopper, Kandinsky, Klee, Magritte, and Bosch. Also features information about the artists and the paintings, including where to go to see the originals.
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"This is the story of Marcel Duchamp and how the Dada art movement changed the way people thought about what art could be and what could be art. From drawing a mustache on the Mona Lisa to attaching a bicycle wheel to a stool, Duchamp challenged long-held notions of art and how it should be made. People were amused, confused, and sometimes offended, and that was just the way Marcel Duchamp liked it. With Marcel's Masterpiece, Jeff Mack explores Duchamp's...
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"Fine Art Adventures introduces young artists, ages 6 and up, to classic masterpieces and formal techniques, then lets them loose to create their own works of art. Each of the book's eight chapters covers a particular technique or subject of fine art: Color, Light & Shade, Shape, Black & White, Portraits, Landscapes, Animals, and Myths & Legends. Projects begin with a story of a famous work -- followed by a question-and-answer section. Then it's time...
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