Art is Everywhere! Explore Object Art

by Winter, Jeanette

Picture Book - 2014

Joseph Cornell loved to draw and paint and collect things. With these drawings and paintings and collected treasures, he made marvelous shadowboxes—wonder...Show more Joseph Cornell loved to draw and paint and collect things. With these drawings and paintings and collected treasures, he made marvelous shadowboxes—wonderlands covered in glass. And who did he most like to share them with? Children, of course. For they noticed all the details and took in all the magic Mr. Cornell had created. Show less

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The Iridescence of Birds

A Book About Henri Matisse

by MacLachlan, Patricia

Picture Book - 2014

If you were a boy named Henri Matisse who lived in a dreary town in northern France, what would your life be like? Would it be full of color and art? Full...Show more If you were a boy named Henri Matisse who lived in a dreary town in northern France, what would your life be like? Would it be full of color and art? Full of lines and dancing figures? Find out in this beautiful, unusual picture book about one of the world's most famous and influential artists. Show less

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Mixed-media Dollhouses

Techniques and Ideas for Doll-size Assemblages

by Oliveau, Tally

eBook - 2010

This book takes the artistic approach of assemblage and collage, and combines it with the long-loved tradition of making doll houses--but these doll house...Show more This book takes the artistic approach of assemblage and collage, and combines it with the long-loved tradition of making doll houses--but these doll houses are anything but traditional! Begun as an artistic challenge between a group of talented friends, these mixed-media doll houses include beautiful castles, undersea fantasy-lands, gothic attics, inspiring tree houses and much more. Show less

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Art

The Definitive Visual Guide

Book - 2018

From cave paintings to modern masterpieces, this absorbing and beautiful art book gives you unparalleled insight into the world's most iconic artworks. From cave paintings to modern masterpieces, this absorbing and beautiful art book gives you unparalleled insight into the world's most iconic artworks. Show less

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How to Look at and Understand Great Art

DVD - 2011

By teaching you the artist's visual language and how to "read" it, How to Look at and Understand Great Art gives you an extraordinary key to the...Show more By teaching you the artist's visual language and how to "read" it, How to Look at and Understand Great Art gives you an extraordinary key to the full, unforgettable richness of great artworks—their ability to open you up to new ways of seeing, to bring alive the majestic unfolding of history, and to reveal human experience in all its vividness, poignancy, and dynamic life. Show less

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How to Be Drawn

by Hayes, Terrance

Book - 2015

In How to Be Drawn, his daring fifth collection, Terrance Hayes explores how we see and are seen. While many of these poems bear the clearest imprint yet ...Show more In How to Be Drawn, his daring fifth collection, Terrance Hayes explores how we see and are seen. While many of these poems bear the clearest imprint yet of Hayes’s background as a visual artist, they do not strive to describe art so much as inhabit it. Thus, one poem contemplates the principle of blind contour drawing while others are inspired by maps, graphs, and assorted artists. T Show less

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Radiant Child

The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat

by Steptoe, Javaka

Picture Book - 2016

Jean-Michel Basquiat and his unique, collage-style paintings rocketed to fame in the 1980s as a cultural phenomenon unlike anything the art world had ever...Show more Jean-Michel Basquiat and his unique, collage-style paintings rocketed to fame in the 1980s as a cultural phenomenon unlike anything the art world had ever seen. But before that, he was a little boy who saw art everywhere: in poetry books and museums, in games and in the words that we speak, and in the pulsing energy of New York City. Show less

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Curious George

Trash Into Treasure

by Freitas, Bethany V.

Easy Reader - 2019

George is part of a team challenge to help clean up the city on Pretty City Day. But when he finds hidden and forgotten treasures along the way, he realiz...Show more George is part of a team challenge to help clean up the city on Pretty City Day. But when he finds hidden and forgotten treasures along the way, he realizes he's collecting more treasures than he is trash! If he wants to help his team win the challenge, he'll need to sort out his growing stash of treasures and see which ones he really wants to keep. But how? Show less

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Curious George: Going Green | PBS LearningMedia

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George transforms his "junk" collection into a work of art and helps his friends become the winners of Pretty City Day in this video excerpt fro...Show more George transforms his "junk" collection into a work of art and helps his friends become the winners of Pretty City Day in this video excerpt from Curious George: Junky Monkey. In the accompanying lesson plan, children make boats with materials that might have otherwise been discarded. In sailing their boats, they also learn about how air can make objects move. This resource is part of the Curious George STEM Collection. Show less

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This Renaissance painter made astounding painted portraits out of assembling food ingredients. Another take on our AC Library Reads! 2021 book Eat Joy This Renaissance painter made astounding painted portraits out of assembling food ingredients. Another take on our AC Library Reads! 2021 book Eat Joy Show less

https://www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms/a/assemblage

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History behind this art form. History behind this art form. Show less

Nature Inspired

Mixed-media Techniques for Gathering, Sketching, Painting, Journaling, and Assemblage

by Huskamp, Tracie Lyn

Book - 2009

Along with hints and tips for photographing nature, collecting, and preserving natural elements, the book discusses ways to capture moments and create mem...Show more Along with hints and tips for photographing nature, collecting, and preserving natural elements, the book discusses ways to capture moments and create memories through simple sketches from photographs, painting on fabric, creating journals and journal art, as well as with shadowbox assemblages to display and highlight particular found objects. Show less

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Assemblage, a practice of art production that combines disparate everyday objects and materials to create new meanings and forms. Assemblage, a practice of art production that combines disparate everyday objects and materials to create new meanings and forms. Show less

https://www.moma.org/learn/moma_learning/themes/surrealism/surrealist-objects-and-assemblage/

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In a revolution against a society ruled by rational thought, the Surrealists tapped into the “superior reality” of the subconscious. In a revolution against a society ruled by rational thought, the Surrealists tapped into the “superior reality” of the subconscious. Show less

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Knolling is the process of arranging different objects so that they are at 90 degree angles from each other, then photographing them from above. Knolling is the process of arranging different objects so that they are at 90 degree angles from each other, then photographing them from above. Show less

Kenya's Art

by Trice, Linda

Picture Book - 2016

Instructed to get rid of all her broken toys, Kenya, with the help of her father, recycles them into art for her class project. Instructed to get rid of all her broken toys, Kenya, with the help of her father, recycles them into art for her class project. Show less

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San Francisco Museum of Modern Art takes art to another level with this eclectic playlist. Explore the work and philosophies of artists who call upon everyday materials to create their work. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art takes art to another level with this eclectic playlist. Explore the work and philosophies of artists who call upon everyday materials to create their work. Show less

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