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Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Discover the properties of line, another essential element of art, as "descriptive" (describing reality) or "expressional" (conveying feeling). Learn about the use of geometric lines, implied lines, and directional lines within a composition. Also, study the compelling, psychological use of line in Picasso's works, Seurat's "The Circus", and in key Modern and Expressionist works.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
In canvases of Millet, Courbet, and Manet, observe the Realist ideals of honesty, simplicity, and descriptive colors in revealing contemporary experience. Then, explore the phenomenon of Impressionism, highlighting Renoir, Monet, and Degas - their fascination with natural light, quest to capture the moment, and iconic subject matter of middle-class leisure life.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
This lecture integrates elements including color, line, shape, composition, light, symbolism, point of view, and focal point. Using the viewing tools you've developed, look deeply at four diverse masterpieces, including a sculpture by Thorvaldsen, a "vanitas" still life by Van Oosterwyck, a lithograph by Bonnard, and a painting by Van der Weyden.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Examine geometric and "organic" shapes in painting and sculpture and the crucial relationship of figure to ground and mass to space. Then, explore the illusionistic use of shading, shadows, and overlapping shapes in Caravaggio's and Friedrich's works, and the compositional power of shapes in paintings such as Matisse's "Dance" and Michelangelo's "Creation of Adam".
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
In examining the diverse functions and types of portraits, study the important elements of facial presentation and the subject's position and gaze with relation to the viewer and the pictorial space. See how Rembrandt added dramatic power to his group "corporation" portraits, and how David carefully rendered Napoleon in symbolic terms.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Across the centuries, self-portraits fascinatingly reveal the changing role of the artist. Follow this progression, from Renaissance painters subtly placing themselves within large compositions, to self-portraiture's emergence as a major form of self-revelation, noting many dramatic and colorful traditions within the form.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
The richness of signs (signifiers) in art includes the use of symbols, icons, and indexes as they reveal layers of meaning. See how, in different historical eras, symbolic associations change over time, how icons visually represent a subject, and how indexes exhibit direct connections with the thing signified.
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
Mice visit a museum and admire famous works of art in the different galleries, each of which is devoted to a specific subject or theme. Includes information about the paintings and where they may be found in real life.
13) Time to make art
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
When a little girl asks meaningful questions about creating art, her questions are answered by a diverse group of artists throughout time and history, in this inspiring picture book that encourages young readers to see the artist in themselves.
15) The museum
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Based on a manuscript and sketches by the author discovered in 2013, a horse takes readers on a tour of a museum filled with works that have the horse as their subject, with reproductions of artwork by such artists as Picasso and Jackson Pollack.
"A book about looking at and thinking about Art, based on an unfinished manuscript and sketches by Dr. Seuss that was discovered twenty-one years after his death"--
17) Math-terpieces
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
A series of rhymes about artists and their works introduces counting and grouping numbers, as well as such artistic styles as cubism, pointillism, and surrealism.
Author
Publisher
Harry N. Abrams
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
A children's guide to the collection of the National Gallery, London. A large-size volume that introduces art appreciation to middle-graders and describes different types of pictures and techniques. With separate sections on such themes as portraits, landscapes, and techniques, including color and light, this is an approachable guide to art appreciation for middle school students. Bowker Authored Title code.
Author
Publisher
Tilbury House Publishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Publisher
National Gallery of Art with Chicago Review Press, Incorporated
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
"Lavishly illustrated with hundreds of full color images, this family-oriented art resource introduces children to more than 50 great artists and their work, with corresponding activities and explorations that inspire artistic development, focused looking, and creative writing. This treasure trove of artwork from the National Gallery of Art includes, among others, works by Raphael, Rembrandt, Georgia O'Keeffe, Henri Matisse, Chuck Close, Jacob Lawrence,...
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