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  • Brushes with Greatness: Portraits

    Joy Frisch-Schmoll

    Paperback (Creative Paperbacks, Jan. 15, 2013)
    From Raphael to Pablo Picasso to Georgia O'Keeffe, the story of painting involves many artists ... and spans many centuries. Brushes with Greatness explores this story by spotlighting four distinct painting genres, discussing why each began, how its focus has changed over time, and the status it has in the modern world of art. Each beautiful book looks closely at some of the greatest works ever created and explains the evolution of artistic techniques, providing a one-of-a-kind celebration of the human experience in paint.
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  • No greater love: The gripping story of Nurse Clara Maass

    Mildred Tengbom

    Paperback (Concordia Pub. House, March 15, 1978)
    A biography of a young nurse who gave her life to yellow fever research.

  • Brushes with Greatness: Still Lifes

    Joy Frisch-Schmoll

    Paperback (Creative Paperbacks, Jan. 15, 2013)
    From Raphael to Pablo Picasso to Georgia O'Keeffe, the story of painting involves many artists ... and spans many centuries. Brushes with Greatness explores this story by spotlighting four distinct painting genres, discussing why each began, how its focus has changed over time, and the status it has in the modern world of art. Each beautiful book looks closely at some of the greatest works ever created and explains the evolution of artistic techniques, providing a one-of-a-kind celebration of the human experience in paint.
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  • Landscapes

    Valerie Bodden

    Library Binding (Creative Education, July 1, 2012)
    A survey of the painting genre that focuses on landforms and elements of nature, examining the genres origins and introducing its notable artists, works, and styles throughout history.
    X

  • History Paintings

    Valerie Bodden

    Library Binding (Creative Education, July 1, 2012)
    A survey of the painting genre that focuses on grand historical figures and scenes, examining the genres origins and introducing its notable artists, works, and styles throughout history.
    Z

  • Still Lifes

    Joy Frisch-Schmoll

    Library Binding (Creative Education, July 1, 2012)
    A survey of the painting genre that focuses on carefully arranged inanimate objects, examining the genres origins and introducing its notable artists, works, and styles throughout history.
    Z

  • Portraits

    Joy Frisch-Schmoll

    Library Binding (Creative Education, July 1, 2012)
    A survey of the painting genre that focuses on intimate likenesses of human figures, examining the genres origins and introducing its notable artists, works, and styles throughout history.
    Y

  • I Shall Not Live in Vain: The Biography of Harriet Beecher Stowe, the New England Author Whose Book Changed Attitudes About Slavery

    Gloria Hooker, Michael Hackett

    Hardcover (Concordia Pub House, Aug. 1, 1978)
    A biography of the American author whose novel, "Uncle Tom's Cabin," attacked slavery in the United States.

  • No greater love: The gripping story of Nurse Clara Maass

    Mildred Tengbom

    Paperback (Concordia Pub. House, March 15, 1978)
    A biography of a young nurse who gave her life to yellow fever research.

  • I shall not live in vain: The biography of Harriet Beecher Stowe, the New England author whose book changed attitudes about slavery

    Gloria Hooker

    Paperback (Concordia Publishing House, March 15, 1978)
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  • Brush With Greatness

    Purple Toad

    Library Binding (Purple Toad Pub Inc, Sept. 15, 2016)
    Dont be shy, grab a candle and step inside the studio! Our young narrators are ready to describe the master artists they are about to assist today. Whether it is running errands for them, holding up a light for them to see better, or even getting them their lunch, we are brought into the artists world and their daily life of painting like never before. Around the room are their masterworks, fully illustrated in this whimsical 32 page day in the life of a painter,