art

When twelve-year-old Sargent Singer discovers that the paintings at the Beaverbrook Gallery are alive, he's pulled into the intriguing world behind the paintings. He must team up with thirteen-year-old Mona Dunn, a subject of a portrait at the gallery, in order to investigate shady dealings, thwart the theft of a masterpiece, and save the gallery.

Violet Minturn, a half-Chinese/half-American courtesan who deals in seduction and illusion in Shanghai, struggles to find her place in the world, while her mother, Lucia, tries to make sense of the choices she has made and the men who have shaped her.

"Louise loves all kinds of art. But when she has to make cupcakes for a bake sale--and everything goes wrong--can she and her brother make messy cupcakes into art?"--Back cover.

Vashti believes that she cannot draw, but her art teacher's encouragement leads her to change her mind.

A practical guide to the tools, techniques, and materials required for painting, drawing, printmaking, digital media and photography, as well as other related visual arts, both traditional and modern.

"Presents an irreverent narrative tour of modern art that explains its cultural relevance and why it is so compelling, tracing a century's worth of movements, achievements, and masterpieces that have reshaped the art world"--Provided by publisher.

Text and reproductions survey the history of art from prehistoric times to the early twenty-first century.