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Books for Preschoolers (3-4 years old)
Books to Inspire Creativity
Diverse Books - East & Southeast Asians
Main Children's Staff Picture Book Favorites
Books to Inspire Creativity
Diverse Books - East & Southeast Asians
Main Children's Staff Picture Book Favorites
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A boy and his grandfather cross a language and cultural barrier using their shared love of art, storytelling, and fantasy.
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"More than 50 assignments, ideas, and prompts to expand your world and help you make outstanding new things to put into it Curator Sarah Urist Green left her office in the basement of an art museum to travel and visit a diverse range of artists, asking them to share prompts that relate to their own ways of working ... This book is for anyone who wants to make art, regardless of experience level. The only materials you'll need are what you already...
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Ruthie thinks nothing exciting will ever happen to her until her sixth-grade class visits the Art Institute of Chicago, where she and her best friend Jack discover a magic key that shrinks them to the size of gerbils and allows them to explore the Thorne Rooms--the collection of sixty-eight miniature rooms from various time periods and places--and discover their secrets.
7) Realism
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This book describes Realism, a movement in art in the nineteenth century that depicted current events and ordinary people, presenting information on Gustave Courbet, Honore Daumier, Jean-Francois Millet, Winslow Homer, Wilhelm Leibl, and other artists.
10) Romanticism
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Examines the birth and decline of the romantic movement in art which stretched from the mid-eighteenth century to around 1850, looks at the political and social events that sparked romanticism, and introduces representative artists and works.
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Presents an illustrated, chronological history of art from ancient times to the modern era. Highlights the characteristics of different artists, movements, and works of art, and includes hundreds of full-color images, biographical sketches of artists, key events in each time period, timelines, and a glossary of terms.
14) The Renaissance
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An examination of the art movement known as the Renaissance from its beginnings in the 1420s to its decline in the 1560s, including an introduction to great artists and works.
15) Gothic art
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This book describes Gothic art, which flourished in the twelfth, thirteenth, and fourteenth centuries, presenting information on artists and sculptors such as Villard de Honnecourt, Nicola Pisano, Giovanni Pisano, Duccio di Buoninsegna, Simone Martini, and other artists.
16) Graffiti art
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Explores the concept of graffiti as an artistic endeavor, covering the history of graffiti, how it is made, and how it has impacted the culture. Includes photographs and a glossary.
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When her seventeenth summer solstice arrives, Brienna desires only two things: to master her passion and to be chosen by a patron. Growing up in the southern kingdom of Valenia at the renowned Magnalia House should have prepared her. While some are born with a talent for one of the five passions - art, music, dramatics, wit, and knowledge - Brienna struggled to find hers until she chose knowledge. However, despite all her preparations, Brienna's greatest...
18) Artifice
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Isa de Smit grew up in her parents' art gallery in Amsterdam, but in the middle of the war she survives by selling fake paintings to the Nazis while trying to help her friend, Truus, smuggle Jewish babies to safety--but in 1943 it is hard to know who to trust.
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A century and a half of masterpieces is covered in this chronologically arranged volume that captures the development of art in a new age. Starting with James Abbott McNeill Whistler and ending with Matthew Barney, nearly every prominent figure in Modern art is represented in double-page spreads that show how these artists continued to redefine norms and challenge tradition. Biographical and anecdotal information about each artist is provided alongside...