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Using architecture, sculpture, culture and history, Adams humanizes the medieval period and provides valuable insight on religious philosophy. Mont-Saint Michel and Chartes provides a background and description of the construction of two French landmarks built in the 11th century. The Mont-Saint Michel cathedral was built during a militant time; it was not enough to simply be steadfast in one's own beliefs, but also to make others believe them. Religious...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
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AD 470L
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English
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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 picture book about one of the world's most famous and influential artists by acclaimed author and Newbery Medal-winning Patricia MacLachlan and innovative illustrator Hadley Hooper.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
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710L
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English
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A little girl visits the home and garden of Claude Monet at Giverny, France, and learns about the artist's paintings and his life. The illustrations include photographs of the painter and his family as well as examples of his work.
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2018.
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English
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"Award-winning author Susan Goldman Rubin introduces readers to the most well-known fashion designer in the world, Coco Chanel. Beginning with the difficult years Chanel spent in an orphanage, Goldman Rubin traces Coco's development as a designer and demonstrates how her determination to be independent helped her gain worldwide recognition. Coco Chanel focuses on the obstacles Chanel faced as a financially independent woman in an era when women were...
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This classic study of art, life, and thought in France and the Netherlands during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries ranks as one of the most perceptive analyses of the medieval period. A brilliantly creative work that established the reputation of Dutch historian John Huizinga (1872-1945), the book argues that the era of diminishing chivalry reflected the spirit of an age and that its figures and events were neither a prelude to the Renaissance...
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The cave art of France's Dordogne region is world-famous for the mythology and beauty of its remarkable drawings and paintings. These ancient images of lively bison, horses, and mammoths, as well as symbols of all kinds, are fascinating touchstones in the development of human culture, demonstrating how far humankind has come and reminding us of the ties that bind us across the ages.
Over more than twenty-five years of teaching and research, Christine...
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In the spring of 1820, on the Aegean island of Melos, an unsuspecting farmer was digging for marble building blocks when he unearthed the statue that would come to be known as the Venus de Milo. From the moment of its discovery a battle for possession ensued and was won, eventually, by the French. Touted by her keepers in the Louvre as the great classical find of the era, the sculpture gained instant celebrity–and yet its origins had yet to...
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"Follow in the footsteps of Vincent Van Gogh, from his birthplace in Zundert, Netherlands, to his last days in Auvers-sur-Oise, France, and explore the hidden inspirations behind the world-renowned artist's most famous paintings in this beautiful art book and travelogue, illustrated with more than 250 black-and-white and full-color images throughout."--
11) Last message
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Seven volume 7
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 7
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English
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What do you do when you find out that one of your heroes is, well, less than heroic? Adam thought he knew his grandfather, but when he is sent to France to perform three very difficult (and dangerous, possibly illegal) tasks for him, Adam discovers things about his grandfather - and himself - that he never imagined.
12) Paradise found
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[2007]
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English
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Dissatisfied with his work as a stockbroker in Paris, Gauguin gives up his lucrative job to further his self-taught painting skills. As his dreams to revolutionize the art world ruin him and his family, he discovers he must travel afar to succeed.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Recalls a working day in the life of Impressionist painter Claude Monet, when, so absorbed in his attempts to paint a rock formation on the French seashore, he didn't notice the tide coming in and was doused by a large wave, losing his canvas and paints in the process!
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
1010L
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English
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Painter and sculptor Rosa Bonheur (1822-1899) led a highly nontraditional life, especially for a woman in the nineteenth century. She kept lions as pets, was awarded the Legion of Honor by Empress Eugénie, and befriended “Buffalo Bill” Cody. She became a painter at a time when women were often only reluctantly educated as artists. Her unconventional artistic work habits, including visiting slaughterhouses to sketch an animal's anatomy and wearing...
15) Claude Monet
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Claude Monet was a French impressionist painter.
16) Edgar Degas
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Presents a brief biography of Edgar Degas, discussing his works and painting style.
17) Claude Monet
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Monet was one of the painters who helped shape the influential art movement of Impressionism. Many of his paintings, including Water Lilies, are known around the world, more than 100 years after he painted them! But, just like in many families, Monet's father wanted his son to go into the family business and have a regular job. Relatable facts like these keep readers turning the pages of this fascinating biography of Claude Monet. Examples of his...
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"Today, Renoir is known for his masterful paintings. But, at the beginning of his artistic career, he painted plates and cups! Readers are introduced to this important French Impressionist through interesting biographical information and accessible discussion of the techniques he used to achieve his beautiful works, including Bouquet of Chrysanthemums and The Frog Pond. Full-color images of his work accompany the at-level text. An activity at the...
19) Claude Monet
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English
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In this biography of Monet, learn what influenced his art and his actions, and find out why he is still important today.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 2
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1030L
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English
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Presents the life and accomplishments of the fashion designer, from her early life of poverty, to her successes in the Paris fashion world, her collaboration with well-known artists of her day, and the influence of her innovative designs on later fashion.
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