Examines various art movements throughout history, and provides an example of work of art from each style in order to aid in identification; and covers naturalism, realism, cubism, impressionism, abstract expressionism, and more.

Arranged chronologically spanning a range of periods and styles, this book presents a description of thirty-five famous paintings.

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.

A.J. and his friends in the second grade learn that art can be made out of anything, even garbage.

Presents objects for the letters of the alphabet through paintings by such artists as Magritte, Picasso, Botticelli, and Vermeer.

Walter Keane became a worldwide celebrity and talk show fixture in the 1950s after he pioneered the mass production of prints of big-eyed kids, and used his marketing savvy to sell them cheaply. Unfortunately, he claimed to be the artist. That role was played by Margaret, his shy wife. The ruse broke up their marriage and led to a divorce and a dramatic courtroom battle to prove authorship of the paintings.

A young girl tours and twirls through museum galleries experiencing different emotions evoked by different styles of art, and then expresses her energy and inspiration when she finds an empty canvas.

Examines the life and work of the nineteenth-century artist Edgar Degas, who loved to paint scenes of Paris and the people who worked and lived there.

Briefly examines the life and work of the nineteenth- century Dutchman who was one of the greatest artists of all time.

"With a new afterword from Jhumpa Lahiri, a new edition of the contemporary classic. Meet the Ganguli family, new arrivals from Calcutta, trying their best to become Americans even as they pine for home. The name they bestow on their firstborn, Gogol, betrays all the conflicts of honoring tradition in a new world--conflicts that will haunt Gogol on his own winding path through divided loyalties, comic detours, and wrenching love affairs. In The Namesake,...