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"This illustrated nonfiction book for middle-grade readers examines how artists are using their creativity to help the environment and build a more sustainable world"--Provided by publisher.

"In this zany, inclusive, and vibrantly illustrated guide to all things color, the origins of . . . pigments come alive across continents and history, with oodles of art, tons of science--and extensive interactive backmatter!"--OCLC.

As an artist demonstrates the strict rules for creating a still life painting, the painting disregards each one as it comes alive and tells its own story.

"It's the year 2052. Stevie Henry is a Cherokee girl working at a museum in Texas, trying to save up enough money to go to college. The world around her is in a cycle of drought and superstorms, ice and fire ... but people get by. But it's about to get a whole lot worse. When a mysterious boy shows up at Stevie's museum saying that he's from the future--and telling her what is to come--she refuses to believe him. But soon she will have no choice"--Provided by publisher.

"How many women artists do you know? Who makes art history? Did women even work as artists before the twentieth century? And what is the Baroque anyway? Guided by Katy Hessel, art historian and founder of @thegreatwomenartists, discover the glittering paintings by Sofonisba Anguissola of the Renaissance, the radical work of Harriet Powers in the nineteenth-century United States and the artist who really invented the "readymade." Explore the Dutch Golden Age, the astonishing work of postwar artists in Latin America, and the women defining art in the 2020s. Have your sense of art history overturned and your eyes opened to many artforms often ignored or dismissed. From the Cornish coast to Manhattan, Nigeria to Japan, this is the history of art as it's never been told before"--Provided by publisher.

"Creative people tend to have a difficult time building a career based on their artistic passions. This is partly because there are usually far fewer job openings in the arts than there are creative people to fill them. Yet in spite of the widely-recognized difficulties of making a steady living as an artist, there is never a shortage of individuals in each new generation who vigorously and earnestly try to do so"--.

"Learn important skills to help you become a better artist with this. . . collection of art projects. [The author] brings her experience as both a teacher and a mother to ensure there's a project for every artist, whatever your interest, ability or age"--Back cover.

When twelve-year-old Franny's estranged uncle comes home to help out after Nana's accident, some long-guarded family secrets come to light, forcing Franny to confront the discoveries she makes about her troubled absent mother, and herself.

"Readers discover the story of Michelangelo Buonarroti, a man who sculpted with materials others abandoned, whose first official piece of art was . . . a fraud, and who hid his own likeness in many of his paintings"--Amazon.

A biography of Leonardo da Vinci that discusses his life as an artist, inventor, and scholar.