artists

Type: 
Topical Term
Subfield: 
a
Alias: 
artists

Marc Chagall

2005
Presents an illustrated introduction to the life and career of Russian-born artist Marc Chagall, discussing his participation in the art community of Paris in the early twentieth century, his marriages and children, and his work in Germany, France, Russia, and the United States.

Rembrandt

2005
Chronicles the life of seventeenth-century Dutch painter Rembrandt, discussing such topics as his marriage, his studio, and his major works, and describes the world in which he lived.

Leonardo da Vinci

2003
A biography of the versatile Renaissance artist in the context of his times, describing some of his achievements in painting, architecture, engineering, sculpture, and science.

Paint by magic

2002
After his mom suddenly starts acting old-fashioned, eleven-year-old Conner is transported back to 1926, where he must discover and break the mysterious hold an obsessed artist has on his mom that is trapping her between times.

Leonardo da Vinci for kids

his life and ideas : 21 activities
1998
Presents a biography of this prolific artist and inventor through projects in cartography, animal art, bird observation, and mask making.

The Renaissance

artists and writers
1998
Defines the main characteristics of early, high, and northern Renaissance art and literature, focusing on thirteen artists, including Uccello, Michelangelo, and Brueghel, and three authors: Dante, Chaucer, and Cervantes.

Impressionism and postimpressionism

artists, writers, and composers
1998
Discusses the characteristics of the Impressionist and Post-impressionist movements of the latter half of the nineteenth century and presents some of the major artists, writers, and composers that flourished in that period.

Raphael

2001
A biography of the Italian painter Raphael. Includes pictures of some of his works.

Henri Matisse

1997
Discusses the life and work of French post-impressionist artist Henri Matisse.

Extraordinary people of the Harlem Renaissance

2000
Looks at the many artists, photographers, choreographers, musicians, composers, poets, writers, and other creative people who made Harlem such an amazing place in the 1920s and 1930s.

Pages

Subscribe to RSS - artists