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Psychiatrist Andrew Marlowe, devoted to his profession and the painting hobby he loves, has a solitary but ordered life. When renowned painter Robert Oliver attacks a canvas in the National Gallery of Art and becomes his patient, Marlow finds that order destroyed. Desperate to understand the secret that torments the genius, he embarks on a journey that leads him into the lives of the women closest to Oliver and a tragedy at the heart of French Impressionism....
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Collects 100 key writings by Peter Schjeldahl spanning thirty years, his last twenty as the art critic of the "New Yorker." In this unfailingly lucid guide to an art world in constant, dramatic flux, Schjeldahl addresses new artists and Old Masters with the same pitch of acuity, empathy, and wit. No other writer enhances the reader's experience of art in precise, jargon-free prose as he does, with reviews that are as much essay a criticism. Implicit...
3) Who are you?
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IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 6
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When the police discover that a man who has been shot has been keeping a file of her entire life, sixteen-year-old Kristi, an aspiring artist, suspects a connection with the possible theft of a painting from a museum.
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2004
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In 1869 Japan, a young woman escapes the confines of her arranged marriage by painting memories of her lover on mulberry paper. She secretly wraps the painting around a ceramic pot that's bound for Europe. In France, a disenchanted young man works as a clerk at an import shop. When he opens the box from Japan, he discovers the brilliant watercolor of two lovers locked in an embrace under a plum tree. He steals the painting and hides it in his room....
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"Artists are expert lookers: they have learned to pay attention. The rest of us spend most of our time on auto-pilot, rushing from place to place, our overfamiliarity blinding us to the marvellous, life-affirming phenomena of our world. But that doesn't have to be the case. In his inimitable engaging style, Will Gompertz takes us into the minds of artists--from contemporary stars to old masters, the well-known to the lesser-so, and from around the...
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My weird school volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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A.J. and his friends in the second grade learn that art can be made out of anything, even garbage.
10) Dali
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Provides an introduction to the life and history of artist Salvador Dali, along with some of his most important and influential works
11) Gauguin
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English
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Provides an introduction to the life and history of artist Paul Gauguin, along with some of his most important and influential works.
12) Francisco Goya
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English
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A biography of the famous Spanish artist.
13) Animals in art
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"Learn the alphabet through animals and fine art! Spark your child’s creativity and curiosity with this delightfully curated alphabet book featuring some of the world’s most popular animals and iconic paintings. In this collection, your child will discover artwork by Vincent van Gogh, Winslow Homer, Clara Peeters, and many others. Learn about butterflies in Odilon Redon's Butterflies, purr like kittens while examining Henriette Ronner-Knip's The...
14) Paul Cézanne
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Introduces the life and work of Paul Cezanne, discussing his early years, life in Paris, and development as a painter.
15) Van Gogh
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English
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Provides an introduction to the life and history of artist Vincent van Gogh, along with some of his most important and influential works
16) Vincent van Gogh
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English
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Traces the life of the troubled nineteenth-century artist and looks at his major works.
17) Johannes Vermeer
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Presents the life and accomplishments of the Dutch painter known for his use of color, discussing his childhood, art education, family life, and famous works.
18) Cézanne
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Provides an introduction to the life and history of artist Paul Cezanne, along with some of his most important and influential works
19) Monet
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Provides an introduction to the life and history of artist Claude Monet, along with some of his most important and influential works
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"What begins as an affectionate reminiscence of Mannie Murphy's 1990s teenage infatuation with the late actor River Phoenix--specifically his role in Gus Van Sant's classic film, My Own Private Idaho--slowly transforms into a remarkable, sprawling account of the city of Portland and state of Oregon's long and shameful history of white nationalism. Told in the style of an illustrated diary, with wet, blue ink washes, the form reveals the author to...
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