Glubok, Shirley

A lecturer to children at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City shows through text and photographs how the Egyptians lived before 3100 B.C. until Roman times.

Shows the influence of nature and natural materials in the handcrafting of masks, totems, beaded and quill-designed clothing, kachinas, pottery, weapons, and other objects by the North American Indian.

A lecturer to children at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City shows through text and photographs how the Egyptians lived before 3100 B.C. until Roman times.

A survey of the Old West as it was captured in the paintings, sculpture, and photographs of such artists as Charles Nahl, Frederic Remington, Edward Curtis, Thomas Eakins, and William Henry Jackson.

Discusses how the paintings, architecture, furniture, sculpture, and other visual arts produced from 1776-1826 reflected the way of life in the new American nation.

Discussions of colonial paintings, buildings, and household objects trace the history of art in colonial America.

Briefly introduces the art of India -- statutes, building, reliefs, friezes -- showing the relationships of various creations to the religions of the people.

This introduction to Japanese art discusses the meaning of various symbols, the influence of religion on art, and makes art a part of every day life in Japan.

Brief text and photographs of temples, ornaments, toys, jewelry, and weapons introduce the cultures of ancient Mexico's Indian civilizations--Aztec, Mixtec, Toltec, Olmec, and Zapotec.

A lecturer to children at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City shows through text and photographs how the Egyptians lived before 3100 B.C. until Roman times.