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Provides an overview of the life of Diego Rivera, discusses his work, and prompts readers to imagine what he would paint in contemporary times.

The author describes Christmas at his grandmother's apartment in Spanish Harlem the year she introduced him to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Diego Velazquez's portrait of Juan de Pareja, which has had a profound and lasting effect on him.

Freddie draws many different kinds of pictures, including pictures of Mom, Dad, and Grandma.

Text and illustrations look at some of the great masterpieces of the world from the beginning of recorded civilization through the twentieth century.

Provides a guide to the history of art, from the ancient world of Egypt and Greece to such art movements as the Renaissance, Romanticism, Impressionism, and abstract art.

Little Shaq worries about trying new things, so when his class is assigned projects to do for the school art show, Little Shaq worries his painting won't be good. However, Little Shaq learns that anyone can have a hidden talent.

Teacher Peggy Flores shows students how to make optical illustrations, an abstract art based on mathematics.

American-born painter Mary Cassatt grew up in Pennsylvania but spent the better part of her life and career in France, yet that did not prevent her from gaining a preeminent position among artists in the United States. At the height of her career, she focused almost exclusively on depictions of mothers and children, a subject that became her signature theme. By the outbreak of World War I, Cassatt had to give up painting entirely due to failing eyesight, but she preserved her original enthusiasm and devotion to art until the end of her life.

Norman Rockwell was an illustrator of tremendous ingenuity and energy, and his memorable scenes come together to create a brilliant patchwork quilt of American imagery. With the arrival of the full-color press and a wealth of illustrated magazines, Rockwell took his art to the masses and became the most beloved American illustrator of all time. His career begins in New York with Boy?s Life and continues with The Saturday Evening Post, along with his later, more socially conscious work for Look magazine.

"SoHo, 1981. Twelve-year-old Olympia is an artist--and in her neighborhood, that's normal. Her dad and his business partner Apollo bring antique paintings back to life, while her mother makes intricate sculptures in a corner of their loft, leaving Ollie to roam the streets of New York with her best friends Richard and Alex, drawing everything that catches her eye. Then everything falls apart. Ollie's dad disappears in the middle of the night, leaving her only a cryptic note and instructions to destroy it. Her mom has gone to bed, and she's not getting up. Apollo is hiding something, Alex is acting strange, and Richard has questions about the mysterious stranger he saw outside. And someone keeps calling, looking for a missing piece of art . . . Olympia knows her dad is the key--but first, she has to find him, and time is running out"--Jacket flap.