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"A dazzling new novel of friendship and redemption in the face of tragedy and loss set in 1980s Chicago and contemporary Paris, by the acclaimed and award-winning author Rebecca Makkai. In 1985, Yale Tishman, the development director for an art gallery in Chicago, is about to pull off an amazing coup, bringing in an extraordinary collection of 1920s paintings as a gift to the gallery. Yet as his career begins to flourish, the carnage of the AIDS epidemic...
2) The museum
Author
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.
Series
Night gallery volume season 2
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Contains 61 macabre and thrilling stories, created and hosted by Rod Serling including guest performances by Hollywood legends.
6) Oh, Olive!
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,|c[2023]
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
"Presenting Olive Chen! The most magnificent and brilliant artist in the whole wide world! Her parents are also artists--serious artists--who paint prim, proper, perfect shapes. They know Olive has the talent to follow in their footsteps. But Olive likes to smear, splatter, splash, and even lick brush in each hand, Olive cascades through town with her friends in tow, painting what she wants to, what she feels--until she reaches her parents' pristine...
7) Imagine!
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"When a boy visits an art museum and one of the paintings comes to life, he has an afternoon of adventure and discovery [that] changes how he sees the world ever after"--
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Series
Publisher
Orchard
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
A fresh new look to celebrate 25 years of Katie making art an adventure! When the Mona Lisa's smile goes missing, it's up to Katie to help her find it again. On the way, they meet a princess, a winged lion and an angel. And wherever you find Katie, you'll find fun close behind! Katie 25 years of making art an adventure! The best way to introduce children to a lifetime love of art. Includes five masterpieces from five Italian Renaissance artists: Mona...
Author
Publisher
Oceano Travesia
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
Español
Description
Luna loves school trips, and on this day, her teacher is taking them to the Museum of Art. Her lunchbox and camera are in tow, and Luna is all set for a great day, until Finn, her classmate, tears up her drawings. Luna doesn't understand why Finn acts this way. Perhaps all Finn needs is a friend he can talk to. Luna's journey is a guide to how art can imitate everyday life.
10) Mousterpiece
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Janson the mouse, who lives in a museum, becomes an acclaimed artist by copying the styles of paintings she sees there. Includes notes about the artists and works featured.
Series
Night gallery volume season 3
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Join master of mystery Rod Serling (The Twilight Zone) as he invites you into the transfixing world of fantasy, horror and science fiction. In its third and final season, Serling once again presents stories that still leave an undeniable chill, filled with restless spirits, murderous spouses and unidentified terrors that go bump in the night.
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Publisher
Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
In the same style, manner, and format as The Louvre: All the Paintings, every Old Master painting that is on display in The Vatican is included in this deluxe, slip-cased volume with companion DVD, as well as hundreds of additional masterpieces and treasures in the Papal collection.
14) Ways of curating
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Publisher
Faber and Faber, Inc., an affiliate of Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"The world's most influential contemporary-art curator explores the history and practice of his craft"--
Author
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
The National Portrait Gallery, the National Gallery and the Royal Academy all saw either radical architectural interventions or rethinks of their mission under Charles Saumarez Smith's leadership, making him uniquely qualified to explore the ways in which art museums have changed over the past century and examine where they might be headed in the future. For this book, Saumarez Smith has undertaken an odyssey to art museums across the globe. From...
18) Companion nurse
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Series
Publisher
Springer Pub. Co
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Cherry enjoys traveling through Great Britain as a private nurse for historical novelist Martha Logan, but the museums they visit are plagued by a perplexing series of art thefts.
19) Doodleville
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Series
Doodleville volume 1
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Description
"Drew is just a regular artist. But there's nothing ordinary about her art. Her doodles are mischievous . . . and rarely do they stay in Doodleville, the world she's created in her sketchbook. Instead, Drew's doodles prefer to explore the world outside. But after an inspiring class trip to the Art Institute of Chicago--where the doodles cause a bit too much trouble--Drew decides it's time to take her artistic talents to the next level. Enter the Leviathan--Levi,...
Author
Publisher
Tu Books, an imprint of Lee & Low Books Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
When a diamond goes missing from the Louvre, it is up to nine-year-old Julieta to identify the thief, exonerate her father, and return home to Boston before her baby brother is born. Includes glossary of French and Spanish words and notes about the Regent Diamond, Athena, and works of art mentioned in the book.
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