Orem Library

Reproduces over two hundred and fifty of the late-nineteenth-century Mexican printmaker's broadside and popular book illustrations.

Called upon by The Hammond Museum and renowned art scholar Dr. Ashton Prince, Boston PI Spenser accepts his latest case: to provide protection during a ransom exchange-money for a stolen painting. The case becomes personal when Spenser fails to protect his client and the valuable painting remains stolen.

Artists are expert lookers: they have learned to pay attention. The rest of us spend most of our time on auto-pilot, rushing from place to place, our overfamiliarity blinding us to the marvellous, life-affirming phenomena of our world. But that doesn't have to be the case. In his inimitable engaging style, Will Gompertz takes us into the minds of artists--from contemporary stars to old masters, the well-known to the lesser-so, and from around the...

"It's the summer of 1922, and nineteen-year-old Paulien Mertens finds herself in Paris--broke, disowned, and completely alone. Everyone in Belgium, including her own family, believes she stole millions in a sophisticated con game perpetrated by her then-fiancé, George Everard. To protect herself from the law and the wrath of those who lost everything, she creates a new identity, a Frenchwoman named Vivienne Gregsby, and sets out to recover her father's...

Uses reproductions of paintings and photographs, along with statements about America, to introduce young readers to American ideals and landscapes.

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...

Presents the life and accomplishments of the French artist known for inspiring the Impressionist movement, discusses his famous works, and examines how his paintings bridged the worlds of traditional and modern art.

"Readers are able to create their own beautiful landscapes after they learn to draw flowers, trees, and plants thanks to this helpful guide. Step-by-step instructions clearly support readers, and tracing shapes are included to give them a pattern to follow. This helps young artists build up their confidence, and the supportive tone of the text encourages them every step of the way. In addition, readers are instructed to use their own creativity to...