Discover her art : women artists and their masterpieces / Jean Leibowitz & Lisa Labanca Rogers.
Material type: TextPublisher: Chicago, IL : Chicago Review Press, 2022Copyright date: ©2022Description: 191 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 1641606142
- 9781641606141
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Dr. James Carlson Library | Children's NonFiction | 704.042 L525 | Available | 33111010988307 | ||||
Children's Book | Main Library | Children's NonFiction | 704.042 L525 | Available | 33111010855001 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
"An inclusive, easy-to-read guidebook to women artists." -- Publishers Weekly.
"A must for art history curriculum and to diversify biography shelves." -- School Library Journal.
Discover Her Art invites young art lovers and artists to learn about painting through the lives and masterpieces of 24 women from the 16th to the 20th century.
In each chapter, readers arrive at a masterwork, explore it with an artist's eye, and learn about the painter's remarkable life and the inspirations behind her work. Young artists will discover how these 24 amazing women used composition, color, value, shape, and line in paintings that range from highly realistic to fully abstract. Hands-on exercises encourage readers to create their own art!
Whether you love to make art or just look at it, you will enjoy discovering the great work of these women artists.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Discover her art invites young art lovers and artists to learn about painting through the lives and masterpieces of 24 women from the 16th to the 20th century." -- Back cover.
Ages 9 & up Chicago Review Press.
Introduction -- Part I: Classical Painting and Other Realistic Styles. 1. Lavinia Fontana ; 2. Artemisia Gentileschi ; 3. Rachel Ruysch ; 4. Adélaïde Labille-Guiard ; 5. Rosa Bonheur ; 6. Berthe Morisot ; 7. Mary Cassatt ; 8. Cecilia Beaux ; 9. Lluïsa Vidal ; 10. Angel De Cora -- Part II: Modern Painting. 11. Suzanne Valadon ; 12. Paula Modersohn-Becker ; 13. Angelina Beloff ; 14. Tarsila do Amaral ; 15. Laura Wheeler Waring ; 16. Amrita Sher-Gil ; 17. Yuki Ogura ; 18. Loïs Mailou Jones ; 19. María Izquierdo ; 20. Amelia Peláez ; 21. Maria Leontina ; 22. Pan Yuliang ; 23. Alma Woodsey Thomas ; 24. Joan Mitchell -- Appendix: Value Scale and Color Wheel.