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The Artist and His Models: The Art of Rembrandt
Haneul Ddang, Sam-hyeon Kim
Paperback (Big & Small, Aug. 1, 2016)Rembrandt painted some of the most extraordinary portraits ever made. This story reveals how Rembrandt endured poverty and misfortune but continued to paint startling portraits, even when he could hardly afford to buy paints or pay models. It also explains the background to several of his most famous works.
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Putting Faces to Names: The Art of Raphael
Myeong-hwa Yu, Yeon-joo Kim
Paperback (Big & Small, Jan. 1, 2017)The story reveals the secrets of The School of Athens that Raphael, the famous Renaissance artist, painted in the Vatican.
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The People in the Paintings: The Art of Bruegel
Haneul Ddang, Jae-seon Ahn
Paperback (Big & Small, Jan. 1, 2017)Pieter Bruegel, a Netherlandish Renaissance painter, was famous for paintings of peasant scenes. Let's look at his paintings closely and discover the hidden stories and messages in his artwork.
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Joining the Dots: The Art of Seurat
In-sook Kim, Se-yeon Jeong
Paperback (Big & Small, Jan. 1, 2017)Georges-Pierre Seurat was a French painter known for creating artwork with unusual techniques. The story guides readers through Seurat's thoughts as he pursues a new style of art.
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The Artist and His Models: The Art of Rembrandt
Haneul Ddang, Sam-hyeon Kim
Library Binding (Big & Small, Aug. 1, 2016)Rembrandt painted some of the most extraordinary portraits ever made. This story reveals how Rembrandt endured poverty and misfortune but continued to paint startling portraits, even when he could hardly afford to buy paints or pay models. It also explains the background to several of his most famous works.
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Patterns from Nature: The Art of Klimt
Myeong-hwa Yu, Seung-beom Yu
Paperback (Big & Small, Jan. 1, 2017)This story illustrates how Klimt, an Austrian painter, expressed the inspiration from nature in his own style of the gold colored decoration in his paintings.
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How the Snail Found Its Colors: The Art of Matisse
Haneul Ddang, Jeong-yi Kee, Mi-ran Yang
Library Binding (Big & Small, Aug. 1, 2016)French artist Henri Matisse gradually turned away from traditional drawing and painting to adopt a radical but simple approach to art. In How the Snail Found Its Colors, the story of a snail's search for the right color for its shell helps us understand how Matisse refined his technique and how the selection of particular colors and shapes was the key to his art.
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The People in the Paintings: The Art of Bruegel
Haneul Ddang, Jae-seon Ahn
Library Binding (Big & Small, Jan. 1, 2017)Pieter Bruegel, a Netherlandish Renaissance painter, was famous for paintings of peasant scenes. Let's look at his paintings closely and discover the hidden stories and messages in his artwork.
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The Friendly Postman: The Art of Van Gogh
Yu-ri Kim, Jeong-yeon Yim
Paperback (Big & Small, Aug. 1, 2016)Vincent Van Gogh was a troubled soul. Yet he produced some of the most vibrant and uplifting paintings in history. The Friendly Postman is the story of the postman who brought Vincent letters from his brother, Theo, when the artist lived in Arles. These letters played a vital role in encouraging Vincent to keep on painting through difficult times.
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True Stories of World War II
Terry Lee Collins, Patrick Timothy Kinsella, Timothy Solie
Paperback (Capstone Press, Aug. 1, 2012)Step back in time and experience World War II through the stories of the people who lived through it. Witness the horror of a prison camp march. Experience the sinking of a U.S. warship. Watch a young French freedom fighter outsmart the Nazis. True Stories of World War II doesn’t just tell you the tales of war. It drops you into the thick of combat.
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True Stories of World War I
Nel Yomtov, Jon Christopher Proctor, Timothy Solie
Paperback (Capstone Press, Aug. 1, 2012)Step back in time and experience World War I through the stories of the people who lived through it. Witness the sinking of a British ocean liner. Experience the horror of gas warfare. Soar with a notorious flying ace. True Stories of World War I doesn’t just tell you the tales of war. It drops you into the thick of combat.
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How the Snail Found Its Colors: The Art of Matisse
Haneul Ddang, Jeong-yi Kee, Mi-ran Yang
Paperback (Big & Small, Aug. 1, 2016)French artist Henri Matisse gradually turned away from traditional drawing and painting to adopt a radical but simple approach to art. In How the Snail Found Its Colors, the story of a snail's search for the right color for its shell helps us understand how Matisse refined his technique and how the selection of particular colors and shapes was the key to his art.
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