painting

Fourth-grade sleuth Joe Sherlock enlists his sister to help him investigate when a valuable painting is stolen from a local art museum.

In Belgium during World War II, Willy becomes friends with Max and his Jewish family, and although they become separated, they remain related by a bond of friendship and a special painting.

Focuses on twelve works of art that are used as centerpieces for menus created by famous chefs, including Julia Child and Marion Cunningham, representing a spectrum of American contemporary cuisine for daytime meals, afternoon tea, formal and informal dinners, lavish occasions, and desserts.

Provides reproductions, brief descriptions, and locations of 1,001 paintings created from 4,000 BC to the early twenty-first century. Arranged chronologically.

Provides information about watercolor as a painting medium; reviews the basics of drawing, composition, painting, value, color, and technique; and features step-by-step demonstrations of five watercolor paintings, as well as a gallery of complete works.

A comprehensive, color-illustrated history of art in four sections--the ancient world, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and the modern world--that describes visual art's major movements, milestones, and genres, and briefly covers music and theater. Also includes primary source sections, time lines, a glossary, a discography, a selected bibliography, and a list of art and architecture Web sites.

A selection of full-color reproductions of ten paintings by Paul Gauguin with actual size details designed to show what techniques the artist used to recreate his paintings.

Discusses the life and work of the Spanish painter who captured the religious, political, and social life of his day.