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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
980L
Language
English
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Description
"The Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., is one of the most famous memorials in the world. But most people are not as familiar with the college student who won the design competition to build it. This carefully researched volume chronicles Maya Lin's childhood, her battle to create the memorial as she envisioned it, and the incredible body of work she has produced since then. More than simply an art book, this compelling biography of a...
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Pub. Date
2008.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
1030L
Language
English
Description
Explores Roy Lichtenstein's work, life, and his groundbreaking influence on the art world. In Roy's long career as a teacher, artist, and innovator, he changed the way that people thought about art and how artists thought about their subjects.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
870L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Is a painting of a can of soup really art? Born in 1928 to immigrant parents, Andy Warhol became famous for paintings of things once deemed unworthy of "art," like soup cans, celebrities, and dollar bills. As a child, Andy loved to draw. He took classes at the Carnegie Museum of art, where his teacher told the class, "everything you look at has art." In college, many teachers didn't appreciate Andy's understanding of art. He annoyed them by doing...
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Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
920L
Language
English
Description
In this distinctive volume, acclaimed biographer Susan Goldman Rubin traces the events that shaped the Wyeths' art, as well as how each generation influenced the other, while the crisp design beautifully showcases the full-color reproductions of the works that have made the Wyeth family legendary.
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