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1) Horse
Author
Language
English
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Description
"A discarded painting in a junk pile, a skeleton in an attic, and the greatest racehorse in American history: from these strands, a Pulitzer Prize winner braids a sweeping story of spirit, obsession, and injustice across American history Kentucky, 1850. Jarrett, an enslaved groom, and a bay foal forge a bond of understanding that will carry the horse to record-setting victories across the South. As the nation erupts in civil war, an itinerant young...
Author
Series
Publisher
Smithmark
Pub. Date
[1996]
Language
English
Description
During a fifty-year period, an artistic movement developed in America that was based on Romanticism and inspired by the wild areas in the vicinity of New York's Hudson River. The first native American school of landscape painting included artists Thomas Cole, Asher Brown Durand, and Thomas Doughty as well as Frederic Church, Thomas Moran, and Albert Bierstadt. While most of these artists did not think of themselves as belonging to a movement, they...
18) Jackson Pollock
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A series of artist biographies for young readers provides hilarious, cartoon-style illustrations to complement the easy-to-read text and full-color reproductions of each master's artwork. Includes primary sources, photos, illustrations, maps and timelines. --Publisher.
20) Mary Cassatt
Author
Publisher
Childrens Press
Pub. Date
[1990]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Briefly examines the life and work of the American Impressionist painter, describing and giving examples of her art.
