Lives of the artists : masterpieces, messes (and what the neighbors thought) (Lives of...) by Krull, Kathleen

Lives of the artists : masterpieces, messes (and what the neighbors thought) (Lives of...)
by Krull, Kathleen; illustrated by Hewitt, Kathryn

(#0653VR0)

FollettBound Glued Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014

Price: USD 17.28

Description: 96 pages : color illustrations; 26 cm
Dewey: 709.2; Audience: Middle School; Reading Level: 7.8

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Includes bibliographical references (page 96) and index.;What causes tickling? : Leonardo da Vinci -- Candles on his head : Michelangelo Buonarroti -- The uninvited guest : Peter Bruegel -- She introduced laughter : Sofonisba Anguissola -- From riches to rags : Rembrandt van Rijn -- Old man mad about drawing : Katsushika Hokusai -- Riding a tall horse : Mary Cassatt -- Risking his life for art : Vincent van Gogh -- Mountain climber, mother, and model : Kathe Kollwitz -- King of the wild beasts : Henri Matisse -- At the bullfights : Pablo Picasso -- Clowning around : Marc Chagall -- The art of chess : Marcel Duchamp -- Skulls and flowers : Georgia O'Keefe -- Handstands on the beach : William H. Johnson -- How to shock the world every twenty-four hours : Salvador Dali -- A tiger on the stairway : Isamu Noguchi -- Frog-face and the walking flower : Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo -- Eating the entire birthday cake : Andy Warhol. A collection of short biographical sketches of famous artists, emphasizing their unique personalities and the impressions they made on the people who knew them.

Product Details
  • Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • Publication Date: July 1, 2014
  • Format: FollettBound Glued
  • Dewey: 709.2
  • Classifications: Collective Biography, Nonfiction
  • Description: 96 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
  • Tracings: Hewitt, Kathryn, illustrator.
  • ISBN-10: 1-48983-968-2 (originally 0-544-25223-3)
  • ISBN-13: 978-1-48983-968-8 (originally 978-0-544-25223-3)
  • Follett Number: 0653VR0
  • Reading Level: 7.8
  • Audience: Middle School