Bringley brings readers on a journey of ruminating in the stillness of his grief to reentering the busier, louder world – which he finds full of renewed meaning.
Explores the often overlooked contribution of Black artists and models to Western art history, highlighting their presence from ancient Greece to the early 20th century
Child of the Fire is the first book-length examination of the career of the nineteenth-century artist Mary Edmonia Lewis, best known for her sculptures inspired by historical and biblical themes.
On March 18, 1990, thirteen works of art worth today over $500 million were stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. It remains the largest unsolved art heist in history, and Claire Roth, a struggling young artist, is about to discover that there’s more to this crime than meets the eye.
A murder in Paris' Louvre Museum and cryptic clues in some of Leonardo da Vinci's most famous paintings lead to the discovery of a religious mystery. For 2,000 years a secret society closely guards information that -- should it come to light -- could rock the very foundations of Christianity.
The superspy Gabriel Allon takes a break from his work of restoring a painting in Venice to investigate the torture and killing of a former British ambassador and businessman, Jack Bradshaw.
Griet, a young maid, becomes a close confidante and even a model for painter Johannes Vermeer in 17th-century Delft.
6. Sights to See - A. Famous Artwork
The sixth decision on your road trip is what sights you'll plan to see along the way! You'll have three road trip sights to choose from, and the first choice you can make is stopping to see some Famous Artwork!
Complete the Famous Artwork choice by reading any title that features famous art or artists in any capacity, at any point in the story and recording the title on your Road Trip tracking sheet.
There are lots of ways to interpret this choice, so feel free to get creative! Some interpretations could include:
You can use any title that you’d like, but here are some suggestions to complete the Famous Artwork choice.
Making a Masterpiece: the stories behind iconic artworks by Debra N Mancoff (Libby eBook)
The Lady in Gold: the extraordinary tale of Gustav Klimt's masterpiece, Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer by Anne Marie O'Connor (Print) (Libby eBook) (Libby Audio)
Stolen, smuggled, sold: on the hunt for cultural treasures by Nancy Moses (Print)
The Painted Queen: Amelia Peabody Mystery by Elizabeth Peters (I-Share Print)
Woman on Fire by Lisa Barr (Libby eBook)
The Painted Girls by Cathy Marie Buchanan (I-Share Print)
Rodin's Lover: a novel by Heather Webb (I-Share Print)
I always loved you by Robin Oliveira (I-Share Print)
The Last Mona Lisa by Jonathan Santlofer (Libby eBook)
The Collector's Apprentice by Barbara Shapiro (I-Share Print)
Example by Example (I-Share Print) (I-Share Audio) (Libby eBook) (Libby Audio)