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Presents a retrospective of the Canadian art movement known as the Group of Seven, including artist Tom Thomson, as well as three other members added over the years; featuring four hundred works of art, organized by subject, with introductory text.

Starry Night is a fully illustrated account of Van Gogh's time at the asylum in Saint-Remy. Despite the challenges of ill health and asylum life, Van Gogh continued to produce a series of masterpieces--cypresses, wheatfields, olive groves and sunsets. He wrote very little about the asylum in letters to his brother Theo, so this book sets out to give an impression of daily life behind the walls of the asylum of Saint-Paul-de-Mausole and looks at Van Gogh through fresh eyes, with newly discovered material.

"Enterprising Waters chronicles the story of the Erie Canal from its inception to today. Brings together a wide variety of canal artifacts from museums, libraries, archives, & private collectors. The Erie Canal directed the course of New York and American history. When completed in 1825, the engineering marvel unlocked the Western interior for trade and settlement. Boomtowns sprang up along the canal's path and New York City grew to be the nation's most powerful center of international trade. The book celebrates the story of the Erie Canal from the earliest calls for internal improvements to today. Themes of politics, engineering, commerce, and life on the canal are paired with images of artifacts, documents, and images"--.

A step-by-step guide to drawing outer space creatures.

Examines the lives of impressionist painters and the influences that shaped their work through re-created albums of letters, sketches, and photographs.

Contains step-by-step, illustrated instructions for drawing a number of ancient Egyptian objects including the Egyptian god of the dead, the pyramid of Khafre, and ancient symbols and emblems.

"Learn to draw aliens, astronauts, and space objects, and write a story about them, with a story example and story prompts"--Provided by publisher.

A brief biography of the artist and sculptor accompanies fifteen color reproductions and critical interpretations of his works.

A guide to drawing different types of space objects that offers step-by-step instructions and illustrations and includes fun facts about different types of space objects, such as astronauts, satellites, and space shuttles.