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Elephants: A Portrait of the Animal World
Leonard Lee Rue III
Hardcover (New Line Books, Nov. 1, 1998)Leonard Lee Rue III
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Grandma Moses: An American Original
William C. Ketchum Jr.
Hardcover (New Line Books, Nov. 1, 1998)Presenting concise overviews of artists and movements that are uniquely American, these volumes distill the essence of their subjects with authoritative texts and lavish illustrations.This popular, self-taught artist is brought sharply into focus in this insightful volume, generously illustrated with her charming, bucolic works.
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James McNeill Whistler
Lisa N. Peters
Hardcover (New Line Books, Nov. 1, 1998)Takes a critical look at the works of James McNeill Whistler.
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The Hudson River School: American Landscape Artists
Bert D. Yaeger
Hardcover (New Line Books, Nov. 1, 1998)Presenting concise overviews of artists and movements that are uniquely American, these volumes distill the essence of their subjects with authoritative texts and lavish illustrations.The art of the greatest practitioners of America's first bona-fide art movement, including Thomas Cole, Frederic Church, and Albert Bierstadt, is shown through their romantic yet realistic images.
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Mary Cassatt: An American Impressionist
Gerhard Gruitrooy
Hardcover (New Line Books, Nov. 1, 1998)Presenting concise overviews of artists and movements that are uniquely American, these volumes distill the essence of their subjects with authoritative texts and lavish illustrations.Here is the story of a determined young American woman who so fulfilled her childhood dreams that her colorful paintings and prints rank with the work of Degas, Monet, and Renoir.
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The Hudson River School: American Landscape Artists
Bert D. Yaeger
Hardcover (New Line Books, Nov. 1, 1998)Presenting concise overviews of artists and movements that are uniquely American, these volumes distill the essence of their subjects with authoritative texts and lavish illustrations.The art of the greatest practitioners of America's first bona-fide art movement, including Thomas Cole, Frederic Church, and Albert Bierstadt, is shown through their romantic yet realistic images.
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African American Art: The Long Struggle
Crystal A. Britton
Hardcover (New Line Books, Jan. 1, 2006)Presenting concise overviews of artists and movements that are uniquely American, these volumes distill the essence of their subjects with authoritative texts and lavish illustrations.A visual celebration of African American art from its beginnings in Colonial America up to the present day. From early folk art to contemporary prints, paintings, and sculpture, here is the remarkable fruit of America's black artistic heritage.
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Grandma Moses: An American Original
William Ketchum
Hardcover (New Line Books, Sept. 1, 2005)Presents the life and accomplishments of Anna Mary Robertson, the artist who was known as Grandma Moses, describing her development as an artist, with critiques of her major paintings.
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Great Masterpieces of the World
Irene Korn
Paperback (New Line Books, Jan. 1, 2009)Hard to find
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Alligators and Crocodiles: A Portrait of the Animal World
Leonard Rue
Hardcover (New Line Books, Jan. 1, 2006)Presents an introduction to the physical features of alligators and crocodiles, their habitat, life cycle, and relationships with other animals, as well as conservation efforts and related facts.
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American Folk Art
Jr. Ketchum, William C.
Hardcover (New Line Books, Nov. 1, 1998)Over 150 full color photographs of all types of American Folk Art. A magnificent book illustrating American folk art with descriptive text, from the time before the camera when various arts were practiced in the home--painting and silhouette cutting, canvas paintings, gravestone carvings--as well as furniture and hitching posts, and carvings, etc; In Victorian times with collectibles, calligraphy, reverse paintings on glass, etc; Outside the home were weathervanes, and whirligigs--and the list goes on--wonderfully illustrated within. Publisher: Todtri Publishing Lmt, NY 1998
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The Hudson River School: American Landscape Artists
Bert Yeager
Hardcover (New Line Books, Sept. 1, 2005)"Inspired by the unspoiled beauty of the wilderness, the painters of the Hudson River School were the first masters of the American landscape, creating sweeping scenes of the New World in all its pristine grandeur. This volume, with 70 full-color illustrations, presents the timeless work of this remarkable group of artists"--Jacket.