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3) Mary Cassatt
Author
Pub. Date
1992
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
32 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
343 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A novel of Mary Cassatt and Edgar Degas's great romance from the New York Times bestselling author of My Name Is Mary Sutter The young Mary Cassatt never thought moving to Paris after the Civil War to be an artist was going to be easy, but when, after a decade of work, her submission to the Paris Salon is rejected, Mary's fierce determination wavers. Her father is begging her to return to Philadelphia to find a husband before it is too late, her...
11) Mary Cassatt
Author
Publisher
Barnes & Noble Books
Pub. Date
[1997]
Physical Desc
128 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 33 cm
Language
English
Description
"Born in 1844 in Allegheny City, now part of Pittsburgh, Mary Cassatt reached maturity in an era when the options open to most women were limited to marriage. However, Cassatt's passion for art overwhelmed the mores of the time, and she dedicated her life to painting, particularly in the style of the great European Impressionists whose work she greatly admired. . . . Cassatt's career reached a turning point in 1875, when she was invited by Edgar Degas...
12) Mary Cassatt
Author
Pub. Date
1993
Lexile measure
930L
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Briefly examines the life and work of the American Impressionist painter, describing and giving examples of her art.
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
135 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Fifty of the most important works from the early nineteenth through the early twentieth centuries are gorgeously reproduced, including the best of Monet, Degas, van Gogh, Renoir, Cezanne, Cassatt, Manet, Seurat, and Pisarro. Each piece is given a brief overview establishing its place in the Impressionist pantheon as well as in its artist's oeuvre. An introductory text explains the Impressionistic style, tracing the movement's development, while an...
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
McCullough mixes famous and obscure names and delivers capsule biographies of everyone to produce a colorful parade of educated, Victorian-era American travelers and their life-changing experiences in Paris.
This is the inspiring and, until now, untold story of the adventurous American artists, writers, doctors, politicians, architects, and others of high aspiration who set off for Paris in the years between 1830 and 1900, ambitious to excel in their...
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
232 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"This book tells the story of how women won the right to vote, and what happened next. Told by historian Bridget Quinn and illustrated throughout by 100 women artists"--
From the first female Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation to the first woman to wear pants on the Senate floor, Quinn shines a spotlight on the women who broke down barriers. She shows how, in the hundred years since the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment, women have continued...
Publisher
Phaidon Press Limited
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
347 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
"A sumptuous survey of over 300 women painters and their work spanning almost five centuries. Great Women Painters is a groundbreaking book that reveals a richer and more varied telling of the story of painting. Featuring more than 300 artists from around the world, it includes both well-known women painters from history and today's most exciting rising stars. Covering nearly 500 years of skill and innovation, this survey continues Phaidon's celebrated...
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