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The Rape of Europa: The Fate of Europe's Treasures in the Third Reich and the Second World War - Paperback

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by Lynn H. Nicholas (Author)Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award The real story behind the major motion picture The Monuments Men. The cast of characters includes Hitler and Goering, Gertrude Stein and Marc Chagall--not to mention works by artists from Leonardo da Vinci to Pablo Picasso. And the story told in this superbly researched and suspenseful book is that of the Third Reich's war on European culture and the Allies' desperate effort to preserve it. From the Nazi purges of "D...

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by Clyde Robert Bulla (Author), Ellen Beier (Illustrator)In the sequel to The Chalk Box Kid, Gregory's friend Uncle Pancho is in trouble. The city wants to build a highway right where his house is. They will have to tear it down Then Gregory has an idea. He will paint the story of Uncle Pancho's life for the whole city to see . . . but can the paintings save Uncle Pancho's home? Two beloved classics--The Chalk Box Kid and The Paint Brush Kid--get a vibrant new look Front JacketUncle Pancho ...

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Barbara Chase-Riboud Monumentale: The Bronzes - Hardcover

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by Christophe Cherix (Author), Courtney J. Martin (Author), Akili Tommasino (Author)A new retrospective of the work of trailblazing artist Barbara Chase-Riboud Barbara Chase-Riboud is a bestselling novelist, an award-winning poet, and a renowned visual artist whose sculpture and drawings are in museum collections around the world. Among her best-known sculptural work is the Malcolm X series of flowing cast bronze forms combined with braided fiber elements. Barbara Chase-Riboud Monumentale tra...

Art Objects: Essays on Ecstasy and Effrontery - Paperback

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by Jeanette Winterson (Author)In these ten intertwined essays, one of our most provocative young novelists proves that she is just as stylish and outrageous an art critic. For when Jeanette Winterson looks at works as diverse as the Mona Lisa and Virginia Woolf's The Waves, she frees them from layers of preconception and restores their power to exalt and unnerve, shock and transform us. "Art Objects is a book to be admired for its effort to speak exorbitantly, urgently and sometimes beautiful...

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Jim Henson: The Works: The Art, the Magic, the Imagination - Hardcover

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by Christopher Finch (Author)The ultimate gift for Muppet lovers everywhere, this extraordinary tribute celebrates 40 years of Henson's creative genius--from his best-known inventions to his lesser known but equally fascinating notions for everything from designs for futuristic nightclubs and homes to experimental films. 500 color illus.Author BiographyChristopher Finch was born in Guernsey in the British Channel Islands, and now lives in Los Angeles. He is an artist and photographer who had ...

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by Simon Schama (Author)A Time Magazine Best Books of the Year. In Landscape and Memory, award-winning author Simon Schama ranges over continents and centuries to reveal the psychic claims that human beings have made on nature. He tells of the Nazi cult of the primeval German forest; the play of Christian and pagan myth in Bernini's Fountain of the Four Rivers; and the duel between a monumental sculptor and a feminist gadfly on the slopes of Mount Rushmore. The result is a triumphant work of ...

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by Brian Froud (Author)"Once upon a time, I thought faeries lived only in books, old folktales, and the past. That was before they burst upon my life as vibrant, luminous beings, permeating my art and my everyday existence, causing glorious havoc...." In the long-awaited sequel to the international bestseller Faeries, artist Brian Froud rescues pixies, gnomes, and other faeries from the isolation of the nursery and the distance of history, bringing them into the present day with vitality and...

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by Leo Lionni (Author)From Caledcott Honor winner Leo Lionni, this is the perfect "tail" for bunny fans everywhere! A tale of two rabbits that celebrates creativity and crafting, from four-time Caldecott Honor winner Leo Lionni. "Let's, make rabbits," say the scissors to the pencil, and, before the reader's eyes, two rabbits appear--one drawn by the pencil, the other cut from brightly patterned paper by the scissors. When the rabbits are hungry, the scissors and the pencil provide paper carr...

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by Leo Lionni (Author)A cleverly told and beautifully illustrated tale of self-discovery from four-time Caldecott Honor winner Leo Lionni. Matthew the mouse lives in a dreary corner of a dusty attic. But a trip to the museum helps him to see his surroundings in a new way. With brush in paw, Matthew sets out to paint "the shapes and colors of joy."Front JacketOne of Lionni's familiar-looking mice lives in a junk-strewn attic. When Matthew visits an art gallery, he is entranced. That night Matt...

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The Story of the Statue of Liberty - Paperback

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by Betsy Maestro (Author), Giulio Maestro (Illustrator)"An outstanding picture book on the Status of Liberty. The exceptional drawings are visually delightful. A striking book." (School Library Journal starred review)Here is a fascinating and comprehensive history of this beloved American landmark, from the first sketch to the final unveiling celebration.Since she was erected in New York Harbor in 1886, the Statue of Liberty has welcomed millions of immigrants to the New World, a beautiful sy...

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by Vera B. Williams (Author), Vera B. Williams (Illustrator)No one can tell a story quite like Bidemmi. When she starts to draw, her imagination takes off. Enter her world, look at her pictures, and watch her stories grow and grow--just like the forest of cherry trees she imagines right on her own block. Number of Pages: 40 Dimensions: 0.13 x 8.52 x 9.06 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: April 29, 1991 Accelerated Reader: Quiz Name: Cherri...

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Sophie's Masterpiece: Sophie's Masterpiece - Hardcover

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by Eileen Spinelli (Author), Jane Dyer (Illustrator)Sophie's no ordinary house spider. She's an artist; and every web she spins is more wondrous than the one before. But don't mention that to the guests at Beekman's Boardinghouse, because they don't like spiders. No one there wants anything to do with Sophie or her magnificent creations -- no one except the woman on the third floor. She's a new mother "weaving" something herself; and when she runs out of yarn, Sophie knows the time has finall...

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America the Beautiful: America the Beautiful - Hardcover

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by Robert Sabuda (Illustrator)Master paper engineer Robert Sabuda has interpreted the classic American anthem "America the Beautiful" in dazzling dimension. From the Golden Gate Bridge to Mount Rushmore to the Statue of Liberty, America has never looked more spectacular. This stunning keepsake masterpiece will be shared and admired by generations to come; indeed it is a national treasure in and of itself. Number of Pages: 16 Dimensions: 1.72 x 10.31 x 8.45 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date...

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by Campbell Geeslin (Author), Ana Juan (Illustrator)Who ever heard of a girl glassblower? In Mexico, where the sun is called el sol and the moon is called la luna, a little girl called Elena wants to blow into a long pipe...and make bottles appear, like magic. But girls can't be glassblowers. Or can they? Join Elena on her fantastic journey to Monterrey -- home of the great glassblowers -- in an enchanting story filled with magic realismAuthor BiographyAna Juan is the illustrator of Elen...

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by Robert H. Ross (Author)It's Bob Ross. The man with the gentle voice who can paint a landscape in thirty minutes right before your very eyes in your own living room.Reaching millions of homes every day, Bob Ross is unquestionably America's favorite art instructor. The Best of the Joy of Painting -- Bob Ross's first book -- contains sixty of his favorite paintings, all of them originally created during the Joy of Painting show.Each painting comes complete with a full-color photo and a series...

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by Lucy Micklethwait (Author)"I spy with my little eye something beginning with A..." Even the very youngest art lovers can spy out the apple in Magritte's Son of Man through the zigzags in de Geest's Portrait of a Child. Interact with twenty-six of the world's greatest paintings in this educational, entertaining, and beautiful pairing of a classic game with timeless art. Number of Pages: 64 Dimensions: 0.21 x 10.86 x 8.54 IN Publication Date: October 21, 1996

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Bob Ross' New Joy of Painting - Paperback

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by Annette Kowalski (Author), Robert H. Ross (Author)Since 1983, Bob Ross has been television's favorite artist. His Joy of Painting show captures higher ratings than any other art program in history, year after year. Bob's quick painting style and easy, encouraging manner reach millions of viewers around the world each day.His third book -- New Joy of Painting -- contains another sixty of his favorite landscape paintings. Each is presented in full color, along with written instructions and d...

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From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler - Hardcover

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by E. L. Konigsburg (Author), E. L. Konigsburg (Illustrator)A Time Best YA Book of All Time (2021) Run away to the Metropolitan Museum of Art with E. L. Konigsburg's beloved classic and Newbery Medal--winning novel From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler! When Claudia decided to run away, she planned very carefully. She would be gone just long enough to teach her parents a lesson in Claudia appreciation. And she would go in comfort-she would live at the Metropolitan Museum of Art...

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by Oskar Bätschmann (Author), Pascal Griener (Author)Hans Holbein the Younger (1497/8-1543), one of the most versatile and admired painters of the Northern Renaissance, trained under his father in Augsburg and then worked for leading patrons in Switzerland before settling in England as Court Painter to Henry VIII. To commemorate the five-hundredth anniversary of the artist's birth, Oskar B tschmann and Pascal Griener offer this richly illustrated book--the first comprehensive monograph on the...

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by Mudpuppy (Author), Andy Warhol (Artist)Andy Warhol Colors Board Book from Mudpuppy is a creative and fun way for children to learn colors. Each page has colorful illustrations by the master of PopArt. Sure to delight children and adults alike! Go beyond other First Colors Board Books - Early Learning Fun - Provide toddlers with the support they need in learning essential preschool skills as they practice naming colors. Whimsical and amusing artwork - Bright and colorful illustrations ...

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The Tree Is Older Than You Are: A Bilingual Gathering of Poems & Stories from Mex - Paperback

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by Naomi Shihab Nye (Author)A beautiful collection of bilingual poems and stories from Mexico, paired with paintings by Mexican artists. "Remember, the tree is older than you are and you might find stories in its branches." So begins this wondrous collection of poems and stories from Mexico that invites us to imagine a car as sweet as strawberry ice cream, skin that kisses air and breeze-waving hair, a rabbit with little ears, a frog that runs instead of hops, and taxis filled with ghosts. Ri...

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by E. L. Konigsburg (Author)The Mona Lisa... Why did Leonardo da Vinci lavish three years on a painting of the second wife of an unimportant merchant when all the nobles of Europe were begging for a portrait by his hand? No one knows for sure. But this story of Leonardo, his wayward apprentice Salai, and the Duke of Milan's plain young wife, Beatrice d'Este, may hold the clue to the most famous -- and puzzling -- painting of all time. Number of Pages: 160 Dimensions: 0.45 x 7.64 x 5.09 IN Ill...

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by David A. Carter (Author), James Diaz (Author), James Diaz (Illustrator)Here at last is the definitive book on how to make a pop-up. Every aspect of the creation of a pop-up, known as paper engineering, is clearly and thoroughly covered. All types of parallel folds, angle folds, wheels, and pull tabs are accurately detailed verbally and visually, flat and in dimension. Also included is a history of pop-ups and a step-by-step photographic essay on how a pop-up is made from start to finish. T...

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by E. L. Konigsburg (Author)A Time Best YA Book of All Time (2021) Run away to the Metropolitan Museum of Art with E. L. Konigsburg's beloved classic and Newbery Medal--winning novel From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler! When Claudia decided to run away, she planned very carefully. She would be gone just long enough to teach her parents a lesson in Claudia appreciation. And she would go in comfort-she would live at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She saved her money, and she i...

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Why a Painting Is Like a Pizza: A Guide to Understanding and Enjoying Modern Art - Paperback

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by Nancy G. Heller (Author)The first time she made a pizza from scratch, art historian Nancy Heller made the observation that led her to write this entertaining guide to contemporary art. Comparing modern art not only to pizzas but also to traditional and children's art, Heller shows us how we can refine analytical tools we already possess to understand and enjoy even the most unfamiliar paintings and sculptures. How is a painting like a pizza? Both depend on visual balance for much of their...

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The Nude: A Study in Ideal Form - Paperback

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by Kenneth Clark (Author)A landmark study of the nude in art--from the ancient Greeks to Henry Moore--by a towering figure in art history In this classic book, Kenneth Clark, one of the most eminent art historians of the twentieth century, examines the ever-changing fashion in what constitutes the ideal nude as a basis of humanist form, from the art of the ancient Greeks to that of Renoir, Matisse, and Henry Moore. The Nude reveals the sensitivity of aesthetic theory to fashion, what distingu...

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The Mustard Seed Garden Manual of Painting: A Facsimile of the 1887-1888 Shanghai Edition - Paperback

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by Mai-Mai Sze (Editor), Mai-Mai Sze (Translator)Originally published as Volume 2 of The Tao of Painting, this is the first English translation of the famous Chinese handbook, the "Chieh Tzu Yüan Hua Chuan" (original, 1679-1701). Mai-mai Sze has translated and annotated the texts of instructions, discussions of the fundamentals of painting, notes on the preparation of colors, and chief editorial prefaces. Number of Pages: 648 Dimensions: 1.35 x 8.43 x 8.57 IN Publication Date: March 21, 1978

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by Charles L. Blood (Author), Martin Link (Author), Nancy Winslow Parker (Illustrator)Geraldine is a goat, and Glenmae, a Navajo weaver. One day, Glenmae decides to weave Geraldine into a rug. First Geraldine is clipped. Then her wool is spun into fine, strong yarn. Finally, Glenmae weaves the wool on her loom. They reader learns, along with Geraldine, about the care and pride involved in the weaving of a Navajo rug -- and about cooperation between friends.Author BiographyCharles L. Blood is ...

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by John Lithgow (Author)A squirrel named Micawber loves the paintings he sees through the windows of the nearby art museum. One day he notices an artist copying the old masters, and he decides to do the same -- with surprising results. In their second collaboration, best-selling author-illustrator team John Lithgow and C. F. Payne introduce children to the world of art through the eyes -- and paint-splattered tail -- of a highly creative squirrel. Number of Pages: 40 Dimensions: 0.45 x 11.72...

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Sophie's Masterpiece: A Spider's Tale - Paperback

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by Eileen Spinelli (Author), Jane Dyer (Illustrator)Sophie is an artist who wants to spin beautiful creations all day long and, someday, a masterpiece. As a spider, though, Sophie has a hard time finding a welcoming place in which she can be free to live and spin. She's shooed and shuffled all over Beekman's Boardinghouse until one day she finally finds the warm, comfortable, safe home for which she always yearned -- and the inspiration for the masterpiece of her lifetime.Author BiographyEile...

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by John Lithgow (Author), C. F. Payne (Illustrator)Author of the New York Times Bestsellers The Remarkable Farkle McBride and Marsupial SueAuthor BiographyJohn Lithgow is the New York Times bestselling author of I Got Two Dogs; Mahalia Mouse Goes to College; Marsupial Sue Presents: The Runaway Pancake; I'm A Manatee; Micawber; Marsupial Sue; The Remarkable Farkle McBride; and Carnival of the Animals. An award-winning actor, he has starred on stage, film, and television. He performs concert...

Georgia O'Keeffe and New Mexico: A Sense of Place - Hardcover

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by Barbara Buhler Lynes (Author), Lesley Poling-Kempes (Author), Frederick W. Turner (Author)When Georgia O'Keeffe first visited New Mexico in 1917, she was instantly drawn to the stark beauty of its unusual architectural and landscape forms. In 1929, she began spending part of almost every year painting there, first in Taos, and subsequently in and around Alcalde, Abiquiu, and Ghost Ranch, with occasional excursions to remote sites she found particularly compelling. Georgia O'Keeffe and New ...