Pairs twelve works of art from the eighteenth and nineteenth century--including paintings, furniture, architecture, a weaving, and a photo--with reflective questions designed to introduce children to art appreciation.
Profiles the life and work of twentieth-century artist Roy Lichtenstein, with color reproductions of his work and an overview of the people, places, and events that shaped his methods and inspired his work.
Presents art historian Kirk Varnedoe's six 2003 A.W. Mellon Lectures on the history and value of abstract art since the work of Jackson Pollock, in which he examines minimalism, satire and irony, and misunderstandings of the art form and discusses particular pieces.
Discusses the lives and work of Mary Cassatt, Georgia O'Keefe, Alice Neel, Louise Nevelson, Helen Frankenthaler, Elaine de Kooning, Sylvia Stone, and other American women artists.
