Goya (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists S.)
by Mike Venezia
This series meets National Curriculum Standards for: Social Studies: Culture
The Baroque Period (Odysseys in Art) (Movements in Art)
by Anne Fitzpatrick
One of the Impressionist era's best-loved painters, Pierre-Auguste Renoirpainted every day for 60 years—that's over 5,000 paintings! The joie de vivre expressed in his work is reflected on every page of Smart About Art: Pierre-Auguste Renoir in colorful, dynamic illustrations and 17 reproductions. With humor and insight, this title takes us through the life of an artist who at first was so unpopular that his paintings were attacked with umbrellas. Written as if it were a child's own class report...
Discusses the leading artists and the main works of Surrealism.
Action Jackson (Live Oak Readalongs)
by Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan
On a late spring morning the American artist Jackson Pollock began work on the canvas that would ultimately come to be known as Number 1, 1950 (Lavender Mist). This is a unique picture book about a great painter and the way in which he worked, perfectly complemented by vibrant watercolour illustrations.
Presents brief portraits of an assortment of African Americans, Native peoples, and men and women of mixed heritage who played roles in the history of the American West.
Collins Big Cat supports every primary child on their reading journey from phonics to fluency. Top authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that children love to read. Book banded for guided and independent reading, there are reading notes in the back, comprehensive teaching and assessment support and ebooks available. Artists everywhere throughout time have been coming up with new ways of seeing and making sense of their world. Find out how some artists rebe...
James McNeill Whistler (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists )
by Mike Venezia
Clothes of the Modern World (Multi City Study of Urban Inequality)
by Christine Hatt
Discover the artists who changed our world in My First Heroes: Artists! Push, pull and slide the scenes to find out about Artemisia Gentileschi, Vincent Van Gogh, Frida Kahlo and Andy Warhol, and be inspired by their incredible work.With scenes to explore, fun facts to learn and bright, bold illustration by Nila Aye, this is the perfect introduction for inquisitive preschoolers to these amazing artists.The My First Heroes books have been endorsed and recommended by Dr Amanda Gummer’s Good Play G...
Native American Look Book
by Missy Sullivan, Deborah Schwartz, Dawn Weiss, and Barbara Zaffran
You Gotta Meet Mr. Pierce!
by Chiquita Mullins Lee and Carmella Van Vleet
'Creeeeak!' goes the screen door to self-taught artist Elijah Pierce's barbershop art studio. A young boy walks in for an ordinary haircut and walks out having discovered a lifetime of art. Mr. Pierce's wood carvings are in every corner of the small studio. There are animals, scenes from his life, and those detailing the socio-political world around him. It's this collection of work that will eventually win Elijah the National Heritage Fellowship in 1982 just two years before his death. But th...
Discusses the style and technique of the Italian Renaissance painter and sculptor, Michelangelo Buonarroti.
Bruegel (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists S.)
by Mike Venezia
This book is part of a series providing an introduction to some of the world's greatest painters, their lives and work. In each book, the author uses cartoons and a storyline to enhance and give the reader an insight into each artist's most famous paintings. The reader is encouraged to look at each painting and notice changes in the artist's style during their lifetime.
Amazing Artists and Designers (Brilliant Women)
by Georgia Amson-Bradshaw
Meet incredible women who had a worldwide impact in the fields of arts and design. Includes Artemisia Gentileschi, Rosa Bonheur, Vivienne Westwood, Coco Chanel, Frida Kahlo, Georgia O'Keefe, Kara Walker, Zaha Hadid, and many more.
Examples of clothing and dress from ancient civilizations around the world.
Alexander Calder (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists )
by Mike Venezia
Examines the life and work of the twentieth-century artist Alexander Calder, famous for creating the moving sculptures known as mobiles.