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Publisher
Project Gutenberg
Language
English
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Walter Pater (1839-1894) attained a B.A. degree in Classics from Queen's College, Oxford, followed soon after by a M.A. degree from Brasenose College, Oxford, where he was made a Fellow in 1865. That same year Pater toured Italy, where he discovered what would become a lifelong passion for masters of the Italian Renaissance like Leonardo da Vinci, Sandro Botticelli, Michelangelo, among many others. In 1877 he published "The Renaissance: Studies in...
Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2020
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
A wildly entertaining and surprisingly educational dive into art history as you've never seen it before, from the host of the beloved ArtCurious podcast
We're all familiar with the works of Claude Monet, thanks in no small part to the ubiquitous reproductions of his water lilies on umbrellas, handbags, scarves, and dorm-room posters. But did you also know that Monet and his cohort were trailblazing rebels whose works were originally...
We're all familiar with the works of Claude Monet, thanks in no small part to the ubiquitous reproductions of his water lilies on umbrellas, handbags, scarves, and dorm-room posters. But did you also know that Monet and his cohort were trailblazing rebels whose works were originally...
14) Landscapes
Author
Series
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
c1992
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
An exploration of painting throughout 2000 years of art history, focusing on paintings of landscapes by various artists.
Author
Publisher
Frances Lincoln Children's Books, an imprint of The Quarto Group
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"From the best-selling Little People, Big Dreams series, Artists introduces babies and toddlers to some of the greatest artists from history and today in a sturdy board book format"--
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Language
English
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Publisher Annotation: What makes an artist? What sparks their imagination? Where do their creativity and unique style come from? Striking illustrations and a graphic novel format bring to life this anthology of legendary artists and their childhoods. Featuring beloved artists such as Wanda Gág, Maurice Sendak, Tove Jansson, Jerry Pinkney, Yuyi Morales and Hayao Miyazaki, these stories capture the childhood triumphs, failures, and inspirations that...
18) Cats
Author
Series
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
c1992
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
An exploration of painting through 2000 years of art history, focusing on the portrayal of cats by various artists.
19) Sing them home
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
This novel is a portrait of three siblings who have lived in the shadow of unresolved grief since their mother's disappearance when they were children. Everyone in Emlyn Springs knows the story of Hope Jones, the physician's wife whose big dreams for their tiny town were lost along with her in the tornado of 1978. For Hope's three young children, the stability of life with their preoccupied father, and with Viney, their mother's spitfire best friend,...
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Language
English
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"In her first weeks at Hawthorne College, Malin is swept up into a tight-knit circle that will stick together through all four years. There's Gemma, an insecure theater major from London; John, a tall, handsome, and wealthy New Englander; Max, John's cousin and a shy pre-med major; Khaled, a wise-cracking prince from Abu Dhabi; and Ruby, a beautiful art history major. But Malin isn't quite like the rest of her friends. She's an expert at hiding her...
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