art

Her grandfather's dying words lead thirteen-year-old Theodora Tenpenny to a valuable, hidden painting she fears may be stolen, but it is her search for answers in her Greenwich Village neighborhood that brings a real treasure.

Presents step-by-step directions for drawing the national flag, currency, map, coat of arms, and other sights and symbols of Norway.

Provides directions for drawing pictures that start with such simple shapes as waves, curls, and hearts.

Describes some of the things children like to do in art class such as drawing with crayons and painting, making things from paper-mache and clay, and learning about lines, shapes, and forms through simple projects.

Looks at some of the world's strangest works of art, from sculptures made from pencil tips to paintings made from blood.

Presents study tools for the Advanced Placement art history exam, including subject reviews, test-taking tips, two full-length practice exams with explained answers, and a CD-ROM containing more than four hundred full-color images of artworks cited in the text.

Contains over 1,500 alphabetically arranged entries that provide information about various topics related to the history of art, covering leading artists, terms and techniques, and artistic influences and events.

Tour through the world's largest collection of works by American artists, from colonial to contemporary grouped by subject with critical and anecdotal text about the paintings, sculptures, photographs and crafts.