art appreciation

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Artists of line and color

Henri Matisse, Paul Gauguin, Raoul Dufy
2004
Showcases masterworks by three painters of line and color, including Dufy, Gauguin, and Matisse, providing details about their individual styles, techniques, and subjects, and challenging viewers to identify the artist of featured paintings.

Isabella, artist extraordinaire

just how inspired can a little girl be?
"Join Isabella as she envisions herself in history's most famous paintings and creates a museum of her own"--Provided by publisher.
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If da Vinci painted a dinosaur

Imagines how artists like Frida Kahlo, Andy Warhol, Alma Thomas, Harrison Begay, and others may have created a painting featuring dinosaurs.
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If Picasso painted a snowman

A whimsical introduction to the lives and creative approaches of leading artists imagines snowmen illustrated in the styles of such masters as Georgia O'Keefe, Claude Monet and Jackson Pollock.
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Katie and the starry night

2015
Katie cannot resist reaching in and taking a star while studying a Vincent Van Gogh painting in a museum, and soon the stars are floating into other Van Gogh paintings as she races to collect them before the museum guard notices.
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The story of paintings

a history of art for children
2017
"[Takes readers on a] journey through time to discover the story of paintings, from Stone Age cave art to the graffiti-inspired work of Jean-Michel Basquiat"--Back cover.
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Fine art adventures

36 creative, hands-on projects inspired by classic masterpieces
Introduces children to classic art masterpieces with hands-on projects to create.
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Master-pieces

flip and flop 10 great works of art
2016
Text and illustrations provide the reader to mix and match ten different works of art.
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England and the Italian Renaissance

the growth of interest in its history and art
2005
A chronological narrative of England's history and development during the Italian Renaissance that explores how each country's cultural history was influenced by the other during the time period.
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Art up close

from ancient to modern
2017
Invites the reader to search for tiny details hidden in famous works of art, providing information about each painting, the techniques used to create them, and how the artists and movements helped art to develop through the ages. Answer key features lift-up flaps.

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