Author: Laura LohmannPublisher:
ISBN: 9781943147830
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"Exploring art history with hands-on projects for kids" -- Cover.
Ansel Adams
Author: Mary Street AlinderPublisher: Little, Brown
ISBN: 0316437018
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
Discover this "evocative celebration of the life, career, friendships, concerns, and vision" of Ansel Adams, America's greatest photographer (New York Times) "No lover of Ansel Adams' photographs can afford to miss this book." - Wallace Stegner In this bestselling autobiography, completed shortly before his death in 1984, Ansel Adams looks back at his legendary six-decade career as a conservationist, teacher, musician, and, above all, photographer.Illustrated with eight pages of Adams' gorgeous black-and-white photographs, this book brings readers behind the images into the stories and circumstances of their creation. Written with characteristic warmth, vigor, and wit, this fascinating account brings to life the infectious enthusiasms, fervent battles, and bountiful friendships of a truly American original. "A warm, discursive, and salty document." - New Yorker
Mini Masterpieces Cross-Stitch: Still Life
Author: Ana Gabriela Pico VillalpandoPublisher: Courier Dover Publications
ISBN: 0486855031
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 115
Book Description
Needleworkers of all skill levels can transform museum masterpieces into wonderful handmade keepsakes. Forty-five miniature cross-stitch patterns feature stunning replicas of Monet’s Water Lilies, Renoir’s Bouquet of Roses, Van Gogh’s Sunflowers, and other fine works of art.
The Tiniest Art Museum in the World
Author: Whalen Book WorksPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1951511204
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
This easy-to-fold mini art museum comes with more than 16 classic works of art from world-renowned museums, ready for you to arrange and rearrange! Escape into your own creative world! Open up The Tiniest Art Museum in the World to find easily foldable museum walls and more than a dozen masterpieces to place and rearrange in your very own tiny museum! Including classics such as: - The Great Wave by Katsushika Hokusai - Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat by Vincent Van Vogh - The Thinker by August Rodin - Esther before Ahasuerus by Artemisia Gentileschi - Melencolia I by Albrecht Dürer - Study for a Sunday on la Grande Jatte by Georges Seurat This handsome paper box features a complete miniature museum, ready for you to curate. Contents include: - Our comprehensive 48-page guidebook to the artworks included, The Tiniest Art Museum in the World Guidebook, plus step-by-step instructions for building your museum and how to keep your art safe and not wrinkled, bent, destroyed, etc.! - Foldable museum walls - 16+ pieces of classic art for your museum (both portrait and landscape) that attach to the walls so you can mix and match Gift this miniature make-your-own museum to your favorite art lover—or yourself!
Netsuke
Author: Noriko TsuchiyaPublisher: Harry N. Abrams
ISBN: 9781468312430
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
With 240 color illustrations and an illuminating foreward by Neil MacGregor, this book brings together one hundred of the most beautiful and interesting netsuke from the extensive collection of the British Museum.
Patchwork Picnic
Author: Gracey LarsonPublisher: Martingale
ISBN: 1683560329
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Let's go on a picnic . . . and return inspired to quilt! Sew cute critters, fancy flowers, birds and bugs, trees and turtles, and other odes to the out-of-doors with 30 adorable quilt blocks, each in two sizes: 6" and 12" square. The secret to making these charming designs? An easy stitch-and-flip technique that skips foundation piecing and templates--sew only straight seams! Create a fun sampler quilt--featuring all 30 blocks--plus seven companion projects including a table runner, tote, and pouches. Simply choose your favorite blocks and plug them into the patterns. With handy cutting charts and a lettering system for keeping track of where you are as you make each block, sewing will seem like a picnic!
Miniature Secret Garden
Author: Johanna BasfordPublisher: Laurence King
ISBN: 9781786277701
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Rediscover coloring with this pocket edition of Johanna Basford's multi-million bestseller Secret Garden. Take a ramble through a secret garden created in beautifully detailed pen-and-ink illustrations. Bring them to life with color, while discovering the wealth of tiny creatures just waiting to be found in the pages. With gorgeous artworks, this book will appeal to all ages.
Masterpieces in Miniature: The Detectives
Author: Agatha ChristiePublisher: Minotaur Books
ISBN: 9780312349387
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 740
Book Description
Agatha Christie is the world's most popular writer in modern times and her books have only been outsold by the Bible and Shakespeare. Best remembered for such classic crime novels as Murder on the Orient Express, And Then There Were None, and Death on the Nile, her works have been cherished by generations of readers. Christie, however, was also a master of the shorter crime story and this volume collects some of her finest short stories. Each of these thirty-nine stories features one of Christie's famous detectives - Miss Marple, Hercule Poirot, Parker Pyne, and Harley Quin - in some of their most baffling and intriguing cases, as these ingenious Christie tales show how satisfying and compelling the crime short story can be.
Diary in Stitches
Author: Minki KimPublisher: C&T Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1617456527
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
Artist Minki Kim turns her own daily sketchbook challenge into 65 stitchable drawings to mix and match. Embroider and appliqué the whimsical, easy-going way with 6 useful projects to make and share, like a simple zipper pouch for the teacher, a cozy pillow for a handsome chair, or a wallhanging for your family room. Minki’s uplifting designs, plus an extra gallery of small project ideas from coasters to wall art will appeal to anyone who wants to add personality to their home and personal accessories.
Klutz: Tiny Art Studio
Author: Editors of KlutzPublisher:
ISBN: 9781338643893
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The art may be tiny, but the creativity is unlimited! This kits includes small-scale (yet still usable) versions of art supplies, including paint, colored pencils, and more. Sprinkled throughout are sidebars on the artists and art history behind the tongue-in-cheek takes on classics by famous artists including Frida Kahlo, Vincent Van Gogh, Piet Mondrian, Leonardo di Vinci, and more. Extra blank canvases let budding artists express themselves, and a display easel lets them show off their mini masterpieces! Comes with: 20-page instruction book, 9 printed artworks, 3 blank artworks, 4 paper frames, 10 cardboard canvas boards, 6 colors of gouache paints, 9 colored pencils, glitter paint, paintbrush, foil tape, sticker sheet, plastic mini display easel.
