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1082) I am an artist
Author
Publisher
Macmillan Children's Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Meet the boy who can't stop creating art! He loves colours, shapes, textures and EVERYTHING inspires him: his socks, the contents of the fridge, even his cat gets a new coat (of paint!). But there's just one problem: his mum isn't quite so enthusiastic. In fact, she seems a little cross! But this boy has a plan to make his mum smile. He's about to create his finest piece yet and on a very grand scale... Funny, irreverent and perfect for creative children...
1083) Upper Bohemia: a memoir
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"A coming-of-age memoir by the daughter of privileged, artistic, hard-drinking, bohemian parents, set against a backdrop of 1950s New York, Cape Cod, and Mexico"--
1084) Brillo
Author
Publisher
Blackie Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
"Un hombre mayor es una maravilla porque lleva treinta y ocho años pagando las facturas del gas, ha tenido salmonelosis y ha visto los informes sobre el cambio climático y aun así no se ha quitado la vida, pero lo cierto es que, después de haber sido mujer durante veintitrés años, después de la torsión ovárica, de los préstamos de estudios y los nazis de nuevo cuño con sus camisas de vestir, resulta que yo también sigo viva y que en realidad...
Author
Publisher
Phaidon Press Inc
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Yayoi Kusama dreamed of becoming a famous artist. Day and night she painted hundreds of dots onto large canvases. The dots soon came off her pictures and ended up on her dresses, tables, and walls. But she wasn't sorry! An inspiring story about one of the most popular contemporary artists in the world. -- Amazon.com.
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"How many female artists can you name? Artemisia Gentileschi, Frida Kahlo, Georgia O'Keefe? Here's a 360-degree look at the role women have played in art history, including the influence and empowerment of women through art beyond those who have taken up a brush or a chisel"--
Author
Publisher
Running Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Uncover the masterworks of modern art hidden across New York City in this charmingly illustrated exploration of one of the world's greatest artistic treasure troves. There's so much to love about New York, and so much to see. The city is full of art, and architecture, and history -- and not just in museums. Hidden in plain sight, in office building lobbies, on street corners, and tucked into Soho lofts, there's a treasure trove of art waiting to be...
Series
Publisher
Seven Seas
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Life lessons Akikos school days are long over and her work as a manga artist is keeping her very busy. Yet when Hidaka-sensei declares that he has four months left to live, it turns out hes got one final lesson to teach her. The emotional finale of mangaka Akiko Higashimuras dramatic memoir!
Series
Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Unexpected circumstances Akiko has finally achieved her dream of becoming a manga artist! She's almost ready to fully immerse herself in the wonderful world of shoujo when Hidaka-sensei approaches her. Just what does he want?"-- cover page 4.
1091) Camille Claudel
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Français
Description
A lush depiction of the legendary romance between sculptor Auguste Rodin and his young pupil Camille, this is the true story of their passionate obsession with art, and with each other.
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c1988
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Little Gopher follows his destiny, as revealed in a Dream-Vision, of becoming an artist for his people and eventually is able to bring the colors of the sunset down to the earth.
Author
Publisher
Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"A stunning graphic memoir of a childhood in Cuba, coming to America on the Mariel boatlift, and a defense of democracy, here and there Hailed for his iconic art on the cover of Time and on jumbotrons around the world, Edel Rodriguez is among the most prominent political artists of our age. Now for the first time, he draws his own life, revisiting his childhood in Cuba and his family's passage on the infamous Mariel boatlift. When Edel was nine, Fidel...
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Children's Books
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In 1939, artist Georgia O'Keeffe creates nearly twenty paintings as she tours the Hawaiian islands, but refuses to paint pictures of pineapples the way her sponsors tell her to.
1095) Ip Man 3
Pub. Date
2016
Language
中文(繁體)
Description
When a band of brutal gangsters led by a crooked property developer make a play to take over the city, Master Ip is forced to take a stand.
1096) Art of Iowa: copied on acid-free paper from a scrapbook compiled in the 1920's, 1930's and 1940's
Publisher
Art Dept., Public Library of Des Moines
Pub. Date
1988
Language
English
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Leadership
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Whether you're a musician, photographer, painter, writer, dancer, singer, or any other creative with aspirations of making a living from your art, this is the perfect time to turn your creative ideas into a sustainable business. With gatekeepers no longer controlling the market, anyone with a laptop and a dream can make a thriving living from their creativity.
"No matter what kind of creative artist you are -whether you're a musician, photographer,...
1098) Ip man
Publisher
Well Go USA Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
中文(繁體)
Description
"Set in Fo Shan, China during the Sino-Japanese War, Ip Man vividly brings to life the brutality of the infamous Japanese occupation, where once proud men are forced to fight [to the] death for a precious bag of rice. Defined by courage and humility, Ip Man, whose fighting skills are revered all over China, rises to the fore front. Upon refusing to teach his martial arts to the invading Japanese soldiers, he is forced to fight for the honor of his...
1100) Art for Iowa's children
Author
Publisher
Department of Public Instruction, State of Iowa
Pub. Date
1950
Language
English
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