Loaded with full-color illustrations, the Fashions of a Decade set provides an exciting new way for students to learn about modern history. The eight-volume set captures the wildly divergent clothing styles and trends that have played such a crucial role in defining our century. From the gaudy to the austere, from the shocking to the sublime, Fashions of a Decade chronicles the modern world's continual desire to express itself -- and to mold itself -- through fashion. What truly distinguishes th...
Events of the life of Jesus retold from the Gospels of the New Testament-- Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Sources used were the Holy Bible in the King James version and the Revised Standard version.
Matisse: The King of Color (Anholt's Artists Books for Children)
by Laurence Anholt
When Monique, a young visiting nurse, steps into the home of an elderly patient, she finds herself in rooms filled with the most vivid color she has ever seen. Her patient is the artist Henri Matisse, and as Matisse recovers from his illness, he and Monique become good friends. Later, Monique enters a convent where she becomes a nursing nun--and by happy coincidence, she meets Matisse once again. Her religious order is so poor that they don't have a chapel of their own, but Matisse decides that...
What Makes a Rembrandt a Rembrandt? (What makes a ...?)
by Richard Muhlberger
Explores such art topics as style, composition, color, and subject matter as they relate to twelve works by Rembrandt.
Pop Art vs. Abstract Art - Art History Lessons Children's Arts, Music & Photography Books
by Baby Professor
Shaped By Her Hands (She Made History)
by Anna Harber Freeman and Barbara Gonzales
A Picture for Marc (Stepping Stones: A Chapter Book: History) (Stepping Stone Chapter Books)
by Eric A Kimmel
A biography of the noted Mexican muralist discussing his art, his political ties, and his relationship with the painter Frida Kahlo.
Everyone from the mighty king to the lowly water carrier claims to have built the pyramid. Discover the part each played in this story of a real pyramid set over 4000 years ago. Written from a social, human perspective, this title shows that history is made up of the experiences of many different people and no single account is the "truth". An eight-page reference section at the back continues the story of Senwosret's pyramid with photographs, maps, hieroglyphs and facts and information about th...
Edgar Degas: Paintings That Dance (GB) (Smart about the Arts)
by Maryann Cocca-Leffler
Andrew & Ashley's European Tours Kids' LONDON Travel Journal
by Kyle A Matson
This summer the cellist Yo-Yo Ma highlights a year devoted to his Silk Road Project at the spectacular National Folklife Festival in Washington, D.C. Through exhibits, concerts, and lectures, the festival celebrates the arts, crafts, and music of the lands along the ancient trade route. Through telling interviews, lavish color photos, maps, and intriguing sidebars, this book captures all the vitality of the project, honoring cultural traditions that flourish along the Silk Road and the ways they...
Password Logbook (Password Keeper, #3) (Pass Organizer, #2)
by Tida Notebooks
The Baroque Period (Odysseys in Art) (Movements in Art)
by Anne Fitzpatrick