art

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Eye of the beholder

Two eight graders mastermind a hoax in which they imitate the sculptures of a famous artist.
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Send me down a miracle

When a flamboyant New York City artist returns to the sleepy, God-fearing Alabama town of her birth to conduct an artistic experiment, the resulting uproar splits the community and causes fourteen-year-old Charity to question many things that she had previously taken for granted.
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El Greco

Examines the life and work of Dom?nikos Theotok?poulos, the sixteenth-century artist who created his greatest works in Spain where he was known as "El Greco.".
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The magic of M.C. Escher

Escher's works, from the great master prints to numerous previously unpublished drawings, accompanied by his eloquent words, are arranged to form a journey of discovery of the artist's mind.
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The amazing adventures of Kavalier & Clay

a novel
Joe Kavalier has managed to escape from Nazi-occupied Prague, and now he must use his cunning wits to help rescue his family from Hitler's evil plans.
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The mystery of the Mona Lisa

France
Secret agent Jack Stalwart travels to France to investigate the disappearance of the Mona Lisa from the Louvre.
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Beatrix Potter

Presents a short biography of nineteenth-century English author, Helen Beatrix Potter, and describes her lonely childhood, love of drawing, and how she came to write her famous story of Peter Rabbit.
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David's drawings

A shy African American boy arriving at a new school makes friends with his classmates by drawing a picture of a tree.
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