france

Explores the people, the concepts, and the paintings of the Impressionist and Post-Impressionist periods.

Chronicles the experiences of the peasant girl who led a French army against the English, was burned at the stake for witchcraft, and became a saint.

A biography of the military genius who crowned himself Emperor of the French and whose empire covered most of western and central Europe.

Examines the life and work of Picasso, discussing how and why his art looks the way it does and how it relates to the artist.

Explores such art topics as style, composition, color, and subject matter as they relate to twelve works by Monet.

While spending the summer on his grandfather's farm in the French countryside, eleven-year-old Etienne discovers a secret dating back to World War II and encounters the ghosts of Jewish children who suffered a dreadful fate under the Nazis.

A biography of the twelfth-century queen, first of France, then of England, who was the very lively wife of Henry II and mother of several notable sons, including Richard the Lionhearted.

In this autobiographical novel set in Nazi-occupied France, Ren?e, a young Jewish girl, and her family flee their home in Alsace and live a precarious existence in Paris until Ren?e and her sister escape to the shelter of a convent in Normandy.

Twin brothers are separated at birth. One is raised as a knight, and the other as a wild animal in a forest. When they meet, they become friends, and try to discover the circumstances causing their separation.

Explores such art topics as style, composition, color, and subject matter as they relate to twelve works by Degas.