sculptors

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Profiles the lives and works of 100 Renaissance painters and sculptors including Michelangelo, Lorenzo Ghiberti, Jan van Eyck, and others.

A biography of Italian sculptor Michelangelo Buonarroti, discussing his career as a sculptor and painter from the from Renaissance to the Counter Reformation.

A picture book biography of artist Louise Bourgeois.

"This graphic biography chronicles the genesis of Ruth Asawa as an artist--from the horror of Pearl Harbor to her transformative education at Black Mountain College to building her life in San Francisco, where she would further develop and refine her . . . wire sculptures"--Provided by publisher.

A biography that follows the lives of Robert McCloskey, creator of 'Make Way for Ducklings,' and sculptor Nancy Sch?n, whose famous bronze ducks grace Boston Public Garden.

From folk art to photography, architecture to painting, sculpture to music, female Cuban artists have long gone unnoticed on a global scale. This poetry collection highlights the lives and legacies of eight Cuban women who have redefined art in their communities.

"The life story of Ghanaian sculptor El Anatsui, a highly acclaimed African artist, whose tapestries made from repurposed bottle tops have been exhibited throughout the world"--Provided by the publisher.

"Noguchi was a Japanese American artist who gave the world light. But the world was not so giving in return. Growing up mixed-race, born in the United States and raised in Japan, Noguchi found himself perceived as an outsider who did not belong in either country. Unable to identify fully as either Japanese or American, he turned to his art to shape, hold, and create light--to conquer the darkness within"--Provided by publisher.

"In Ancient Greece, a skilled marble sculptor has been blessed by a goddess who has given his masterpiece--the most beautiful woman the town has ever seen--the gift of life. Now his wife, Galatea is expected to be obedience and humility personified, but it is not long before she learns to use her beauty as a form of manipulation. In a desperate bid by her obsessive husband to keep her under control, she is locked away under the constant supervision of doctors and nurses. But with a daughter to rescue, she is determined to break free, whatever the cost . . ."--Amazon.com.