The Usborne book of famous paintings

Dickins, Rosie.

Book 2009

"This lavish book provides a picture-by picture introduction to 35 of the world's best-known, best-loved paintings - from oil paintings to prints - all beautifully reproduced and explained in a simple, engaging way." - cover.

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Painting Appreciation Juvenile literature

Painting History Juvenile literature

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ISBN:

9780746099971
0746099975

Description:

79 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), 2 folded sheets (some color) ; 28 cm

Notes:

Includes index

Contents:

The Arnolfini Portrait
Spring
St. George and the Dragon
Mona Lisa
The Sistine Chapel ceiling
The Maids of Honour
The Courtyard of a House in Delft
Self Portrait
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Mr. and Mrs. Andrews
The Great Wave
The "Fighting Temeraire"
Ophelia
Dance at the Moulin de la Galette
A Bar at the Folies-Bergiere
A Sunday on La Grande Jatte
Sunflowers
Blue Dancers
The Scream
The Kiss
Harmony in Red
Water Lilies, Morning
Yellow - Red - Blue
Oriental Poppies
American Gothic
The Persistence of Memory
Guernica
Self Portrait (The Frame )
Nighthawks
Number 6
Relativity
Golconda
Fall
Marilyn
Mr and Mrs. Clark and Percy

Control Number:

733961

Other Authors:

Hopman, Philip

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