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Eleanor the elephant, a retired circus star, finds a new career as the resident artist in the city zoo.

Tells the stories of American artists, writers, doctors, politicians, architects, and others who spent time in Paris between 1830 and 1900, pursuing knowledge that would help them excel in their careers, including Elizabeth Blackwell, the first female doctor in America, author James Fenimore Cooper, pianist Louis Moreau Gottschalk, medical student Oliver Wendell Holmes, and many others.

Contains biographical poems about artist Frida Kahlo accompanied by images of her artwork. The text and images portray significant events in Kahlo's life including her two marriages to muralist Diego Rivera and the suffering she endured after being crippled in a bus accident.

The summer after her father drowned off the island of Cura?ao, Cyan and her mother, a painter, return to the house they stay at every summer, along with the daughter of her mother's fianc?, but Cyan blames her mother and spends her time trying to find out what really happened to her father.

Biographical sketches of artists of all medias, in a two-volume alphabetical set with black and white illustrations of their works.

Contains entries that provide information about the lives of thirty sculptors, painters, architects, photographers, illustrators, and designers whose work has made a significant impact on the art world, and includes portraits, essays discussing a range of art concepts and movements, and lists of resources. Arranged alphabetically from M-to-Z.

Biographical sketches of artists of all medias, in a two-volume alphabetical set with black and white illustrations of their works.

Provides information on the lives, careers, and historical times of six artists of the pre-Renaissance in Northern Europe, each with photographs and a gallery of representative works, including the Limbourg brothers, Jan van Eyck, Rogier van der Weyden, and Hieronymus Bosch; and features brief entries on additional artists of the period.

Contains entries that provide biographical information on artists from throughout history, as well as discussions of varoius art topics, with cross-references, illustrations, sidebars, and indexes. Arranged alphabetically from Raphael to Francisco de Zurbaran, and including a cumulative index.

Contains entries that provide biographical information on artists from throughout history, as well as discussions of various art topics, with cross-references, illustrations, sidebars, and indexes. Arranged alphabetically from Frida Kahlo to Pierre Puget.