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Presents portraits by famous artists, using transparent pages which permit the reader to discover interesting aspects of the paintings.

Introduces twentieth century art through thirty-two paintings by sixteen artists, within which are hidden details taken from the works of such masters as Currie, Seurat, Hockney, and Lichtenstein.

Take a colorful journey through the history of art from cave paintings and Renaissance art to modern graffiti. Find out how and why art is made. Explore colors, shapes, patterns and themes. Discover the world's great rtists, including Vincent Van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Andy Warhol, and Yayoi Kusama.

Presents sixteen famous works of art and discusses the feelings they encompass, introducing basic art concepts, styles, and techniques to children. Also includes brief artists' biographies, an annotated further-reading list, and lists of places to see each artist's work.

The author/illustrator describes how his mother's wish to spend her birthday visiting an art museum with her family changed the course of his life forever.

Amy Newbold writes on nineteen artists' styles while Greg Newbold illustrates the different artists such as Edgar Degas' dinosaur ballerinas, Cassius Coolidge's dinosaurs playing Go Fish, and Hokusai's dinosaurs surfing a giant wave.

Presents a series of paintings of royals in a text in which a knight is looking for a dragon who is threatening to steal the royal jewels, with each painting having a textured surface that young readers can touch. On board pages.

"Under the playful guidance of Keith, a world-renowned art historian (who also happens to be an ostrich), this book encourages young readers to use the basic tools of visual analysis when studying art, giving them the eyes to see art outside of the restrictions of a gallery. This book aims to show that art isn't always about classical paintings and knowing the right answers. It's about making up your own mind, seeing things from a different angle...

Introduces famous paintings by Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Claude Monet, Vincent van Gogh, Georgia O'Keeffe, Andy Warhol, and more than twenty others, exploring the subject matter, media, and composition of the pieces as well as facts about the artists.

"Artists are some of the great observers of history. Whether it's with a canvas and brush or piece of stone and chisel or modelling clay, art has long depicted historical events, people, and movements. In this book, readers are introduced to using art as a primary source. Through interesting yet accessible text, this volume gives struggling readers both modern and history examples of how art can teach us about the past and the world around us. Accompanying...