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Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Landmark
Language
English
Description
"For years, there have been whispers that, before his death, Van Gogh completed a final self-portrait. Curators and art historians have savored this rumor, hoping it could illuminate some of the troubled artist's many secrets, but even they have to concede that the missing painting is likely lost forever. But when Luke Perrone, artist and great-grandson of the man who stole the Mona Lisa, and Alexis Verde, daughter of a notorious art thief, discover...
Series
Publisher
Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
Pub. Date
©2005
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xvi, 174 pages) : illustrations.
Language
English
Description
Inspired by Howard Gruber's Evolving Systems Approach, these studies explore creativity in several domains. The idea that the creative person embodies a system of loosely coupled sub-systems - knowledge, purpose, and affect that work together, is viewed here in different chapters that explore this concept.
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In a world filled with great museums and great paintings, Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is the reigning queen. Her portrait rules over a carefully designed salon, one that was made especially for her in a museum that may seem intended for no other purpose than to showcase her virtues. What has made this portrait so renowned, commanding such adoration? And what of other works of art that continue to enthrall spectators: What makes the Great Sphinx...
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 111 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The last years of the great Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh are dramatized. The focus is on the time the artist spent in Ales and Auvers-sur-Oise, France. The art of painting itself and the painter's relationship with the concept of infinity are central themes. Not an exhaustive overview of all events in the final years of Van Gogh's life, but focuses on key elements the artist experienced as he struggled with mental turmoil and produced some of his...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xv, 268 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"...Dr. Vincent Di Maio and veteran crime writer Ron Franscell guide us behind the morgue doors to tell a fascinating life story through the cases that have made Di Maio famous--from the exhumation of assassin Lee Harvey Oswald to the complex issues in the shooting of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin. Beginning with his street-smart Italian origins in Brooklyn, the book spans 40 years of work and more than 9,000 autopsies, and Di Maio's eventual rise...
66) Van Gogh
Author
Pub. Date
1988
Physical Desc
32 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Briefly examines the life and work of the nineteenth-century Dutchman who was one of the greatest artists of all time.
Author
Publisher
Walker Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
[2014]
Lexile measure
1010L
Physical Desc
vi, 200 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Presents a humorous look at the flaws and foibles of some of the most famous personalities of history, including such figures as Marco Polo, George Armstrong Custer, Thomas Edison, and Amelia Earhart.
68) The ear
Author
Publisher
Thames and Hudson
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
28 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
When Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh cuts off his ear, the ear is suddenly left alone and headless. What will become of her? Where should she go? What should she do? Aware of how small and insignificant she is in the big, wide world, the ear experiences something of an identity crisis. She simply doesn't know who she is anymore. But thanks to a downcast frog with a heavy heart who simply needs to be listened to, she realizes what she can offer to the...
Author
Pub. Date
1992
Lexile measure
900L
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Presents twelve color reproductions of landscape paintings by such artists as Vincent Van Gogh, M.C. Escher, and Georgia O'Keeffe, with questions to stimulate discussion and background information on each artist and painting.
Publisher
DK
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
[Second] American edition.
Physical Desc
149 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Welcome to the greatest gallery on Earth. Put yourself in the picture with this incredible visual guide displaying the best artistic works of all time. You're the very special guest with unlimited access to the world's most important art through the ages, from ancient cave paintings to modern-day street art. On your journey through time, you'll see a wealth of valuable art, including Egyptian tomb paintings, Roman frescoes, Byzantine mosaics, and...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
424 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Based on a true story, this novel follows the fortunes of three Berliners caught up in an art scandal--involving newly discovered van Goghs--that rocks Germany amidst the Nazis' rise to power. Hedonistic and politically turbulent, Berlin in the 1920s is a city of seedy night clubs and sumptuous art galleries. It is home to millionaires and mobs storming bakeries for rationed bread. These disparate Berlins collide when Emmeline,a young art student;...
Author
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First American edition.
Lexile measure
880L
Physical Desc
95 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Take a colorful journey through the history of art from cave paintings and Renaissance art to modern graffiti. Find out how and why art is made. Explore colors, shapes, patterns and themes. Discover the world's great artists, including Vincent Van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Andy Warhol, and Yayoi Kusama.
Author
Publisher
Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
96 pages : color illustrations ; 26 x 27 cm + 5 reproducible masterpiece painting sheets
Language
English
Description
Explores the world of art and artists, including Michelangelo, Mary Cassatt, and Vincent Van Gogh, and features do-it-yourself art projects.
Author
Publisher
Del Rey
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
392 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"From the bestselling author of Bird Box, a novella collection in which every story reveals a sinister secret about a mysterious small town. The town of Goblin seems like any other ordinary small town. But with the master storyteller Josh Malerman as your tour guide, you'll discover the secrets that hide behind the town's closed doors. These six novellas tell the story of a place where the rain is always falling, nighttime is always near, and your...
77) Vincent
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
Full screen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Van Gogh's life is traced against a backdrop of his paintings in this one-man drama. The tragic genius of Van Gogh is captured in remembrances by his brother--the one who was his patron, his critic, and his closest friend. Framed by a prologue and epilogue containing more about the Van Gogh's lives.
78) Van Gogh
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1996
Physical Desc
64 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 37 cm.
Language
English
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