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41) Claude Monet
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.9 - AR Pts: 2
Description
A biography of one of the most influential artists of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries who captured the essence of light and color on his canvases.
42) Grandma Moses
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Description
This book is an attempt to present and examine the art and personality of Anna Mary Robertson Moses. Nearly 1600 pictures, created between the years 1918 and 1961 are enclosed.
48) Sons and lovers
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Description
"D.H. Lawrence's most widely read novel and one of the great works of twentieth-century literature, Sons and Lovers is now printed in full for the first time. In 1913, at the time of its first publication, Lawrence reluctantly agreed to the removal of no fewer than eighty passages which until now have never been restored. Here at last is the novel in the form that Lawrence himself wanted - a tenth longer than the incomplete and expurgated version...
50) Van Gogh
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
This Eyewitness Art--Van Gogh, interweaves biography with artistic analysis to provide a complete understanding of van Gogh's character and work.
52) Matthew's dream
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A visit to an art museum inspires a young mouse to become a painter.
54) Before the fall
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On a foggy summer night, eleven people--ten privileged, one down-on-his-luck painter--depart Martha's Vineyard headed for New York. Sixteen minutes later, the unthinkable happens: the passengers disappear into the ocean. The only survivors are Scott Burroughs--the painter--and a four-year-old boy, who is now the last remaining member of a wealthy and powerful media mogul's family. With chapters weaving between the aftermath of the tragedy and the...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 5
Description
Traces the life of 19-century Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh, with excerpts from correspondence with his brother Theo and full-color reproductions from his work. Vincent Van Gogh-one of the nineteenth century's most brilliant artists-will forever be remembered as the Dutchman who cut off his ear. This incident underscores the passion that consumed him, a passion that also infused his work. Whether painting a portrait, a landscape, or a still life,...
58) The muse
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
England, 1967. Odelle Bastien is a Caribbean immigrant trying to make her way in London. When she begins working at the prestigious Skelton Art Gallery, she discovers a painting rumored to be the work of Isaac Robles, a young artist of immense talent and vision whose mysterious death has confounded the art world for decades. The excitement over the painting is matched by the intrigue around the conflicting stories of its discovery. Drawn into a complex...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 10
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Description
"Miss Marple encounters a compelling murder mystery in St. Mary Mead, where under the seemingly peaceful exterior of an English country village lurks intrigue, guilt, deception, and death. Colonel Protheroe, local magistrate and overbearing landowner is the most detested man in the village. Everyone—even in the vicar—wishes he were dead. And very soon he is—shot in the head in the vicar’s own study. Faced with a surfeit of suspects, only the...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 13
Formats
Description
The deep and enduring friendship between Vincent and Theo Van Gogh shaped both brothers' lives. They shared everything, swapping stories of lovers and friends, successes and disappointments, dreams and ambitions. Heiligman draws on the letters Vincent wrote to Theo during his lifetime to weave a tale of two lives intertwined as Theo supported Vincent's struggles to find his path in life.