paintings

Provides step-by-step illustrated instructions for various art projects.

Detailed biographies of six Italian artists and reproductions of their works.

Presents a comprehensive biography of the life and works of Pablo Picasso, and chronicles his youth, life in Spain and France, his various artistic periods, and much more.

A collection of forty-six sketches, drawings, and studies created by Michelangelo Bunonarroti during his life.

As a group of creatures patiently await for a story to arrive, a creative bunny decides to write its own.

"Snippets is a fun story about paper shapes. The main character, Snippet, looks different from the perfect shapes, and because of that he is told he can't play. Snippet's kind heart leads him to show everyone in the paper place how to get along. In the end, the shapes realize the beauty of being unique and how they are better together than far apart." --.

SPOTS is a fun story about little speckles and DOTS who have the ability to spread happiness. They start off incredibly camouflaged but find a creative way to be SPOTTED so they can start spreading happiness to everyone who sees them! Are they on a stinky pig? On the bottom of a question mark? In colorful art? The best part is children learn how to make their own spotty creations to share happiness too! Because you know, good feelings multiply when they are passed along!.

A boy from North Carolina spends the summer in New York City visiting the neighborhood of Harlem, where his uncle, collage artist Romare Bearden, grew up. Includes a biographical sketch of Bearden and instructions on making a story collage.

Contemporary art reflects the ideas of our time, and artists are the creative role models grappling with today's most timely questions. What is the nature of reality? How do we respond to a world in flux? Why do some historical events shape the way we think today, and why have some been forgotten? Explore these ideas and many more in Season Six of Art in the Twenty-First Century.

A look at contemporary art as practiced by some of the most critically-regarded and influential members of the field.