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13 American Artists Children Should Know by Brad Finger
Category: Art and Design
Who was Whistler's mother? Why did Georgia O'Keeffe paint all those flowers? How did Joseph Cornell create his incredible boxes? These questions and more are answered in this book on American artists designed to catch young readers' attention and satisfy their unending curiosity. Each artist is featured ...Show more
13 Art Movements Children Should Know by FINGER BRAD
Category: Children's Educational | Series: 13 Children Should Know Ser.
The latest volume in this successful series introduces young readers to major movements in art history--from Romanesque to Pop art. Filled with gorgeous color reproductions and packed with fascinating information, this beautiful book presents a chronological sampling of the world's important artistic st ...Show more
13 Bridges Children Should Know by Brad Finger
Category: Children's Reference | Series: 13 Series
The most recent addition to Prestel's acclaimed series, which introduces children to important works of art and architecture, offers a fascinating look at bridges that span the centuries as well as the globe. The bridges profiled in this engaging book for young readers have achieved legendary status. Fi ...Show more
13 Photos Children Should Know by Brad Finger
Category: Children's History | Series: Children Should Know
This beautifully illustrated book explores some of the world's iconic images, teaching children about the impact of photography on their world. Some of the world's most renowned pictures are also the most exciting to view and discuss. From Neil Armstrong's first steps on the moon to the fall of the Berl ...Show more
13 Skyscrapers Children Should Know by Brad Finger
Category: Architecture | Series: 13 CHILDREN SHOULD KNOW
This newest addition to Prestel's acclaimed series, which introduces children to important works of art and architecture, takes young readers around the world to investigate how tall buildings are constructed and what makes them so appealing. There's something irresistible about a skyscraper. It can res ...Show more
50 Contemporary Artists You Should Know by Christiane Weidemann; Brad Finger
Category: Art and Design | Series: 50 You Should Know Ser.
This volume presents the most important artists working today such as Matthew Barney, Damien Hirst, Sophie Calle, and Olafur Eliasson. It is an exciting voyage of discovery into the world of contemporary art, as diverse as the artistic personalities that shape it. Informative texts, numerous illustratio ...Show more
50 Contemporary Artists You Should Know by Brad Finger
Category: Art and Design
This survey of great contemporary artists is the perfect introduction to the exciting world of art today. Artists working after the Second World War faced a confounding array of challenges, as stylistic barriers were broken, technology advanced, and issues of sexuality and race came to the forefront. Fr ...Show more
50 Photos You Should Know by Brad Finger
Category: Australian History
The birth of photography opened the doors to a new kind of art, one that recorded events with the immediacy not possible with painting and drawing. This volume is a chronologically arranged compendium of memorable images of unforgettable people, places, and moments. Including images recording humankind ...Show more
Hieronymus Bosch - Masters of Art by Brad Finger
Category: Art and Design | Series: Masters of Art Ser.
Explore Hieronymus Bosch's fantastic illustrations of the afterlife and other religious concepts and narratives. Although Bosch's known works amount to no more than two dozen paintings and a handful of drawings, the artist had an enormous impact on religious imagery during his lifetime and for centu ...Show more
Jan Vermeer by Brad Finger
Category: Art and Design | Series: Living Art Series
Offers an opportunity to become acquainted with Jan Vermeer's paintings and with daily life in seventeenth-century Holland. In this work, readers will learn about the Golden Age of Dutch artistry, the culture and community of Delft, and how Vermeer revolutionized the style and content of portraits and s ...Show more
Lucian Freud - Masters of Art by Brad Finger
Category: Art and Design | Series: Masters of Art Ser.
Get to know the master figurative painter Lucian Freud who depicted humanity with a poet's gaze and a perfectionist's eye for detail. Lucian Freud dedicated his life to portraying the people in his world without flattery or refinement. Although his technique and style evolved tremendously over the d ...Show more
Modern Art: The Groundbreaking Moments by Brad Finger
Category: Art and Design
Chronologically arranged, each chapter focuses on a particular work or idea that changed modern art as we know it. Presented in beautiful spreads and with informative text, readers will discover how a painting such as Edouard Manet's Le Dejeuner sur l'Herbe shocked the art establishment with its depicti ...Show more