arts

This book introduces three people who grew up to be artists - Julie Taymor, Maya Lin, and Wynton Marsalis.

Explores the design innovations of mid-twentieth-century Los Angeles, in architecture, painting, graphic arts, film, and music, which helped establish the area as a cultural center for the rest of the century.

Presents sixty badge activities designed to help grown women achieve their dreams, with practical information, how-to support, and encouragement for every stage of the process.

Presents an introduction to pursuing a career in arts and crafts, including information on job opportunities, salaries, descriptions of work in involved, education and training requirements, and more.

Examines the mathematical concepts of symmetry, proportion, perspective, patterns, regularity and simple ratios and their application to music, painting, sculpture and architecture.

Follows the cultural development of New York City in the 1920s, highlighting the contributions of several artists such as Dorothy Parker, Duke Ellington, Langston Hughes, and Irving Berlin.

Describes fifteen careers related to art, including architect, graphic designer, cosmetologist, and development director, providing profiles of real workers in those fields, and presents guidance, activities, and a list of further resources for narrowing down one's career choice.

Argues that the arts are an essential part of primary and secondary education and offers an overview of arts learning in and out of the school.

Presents a look artists, writers, musicians, and composers that called postwasr France home in the 1920s, covering lesser known expatriates and well-know celebreties, includin Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Josephine Baker, Cole Porter, Jean Coteau, Pablo Picasso, John Dos Passos, and more.