A.J. and his friends in the second grade learn that art can be made out of anything, even garbage.

An introduction to art that uses well-known works of art to illustrate familiar words.

Provides a handbook for lay people on how to find enjoyment and happiness while looking at art. Includes ideas on where to view art, how to find an art that is pleasing, and tips on talking about art.

This book explains the ideas behind fourteen artistic styles and introduces artists such as Jan van Eyck, Joseph Turner, and Juan Gris.

Psychiatrist Andrew Marlowe, devoted to his profession and the painting hobby he loves, has a solitary but ordered life. When renowned painter Robert Oliver attacks a canvas in the National Gallery of Art and becomes his patient, Marlow finds that order destroyed. Desperate to understand the secret that torments the genius, he embarks on a journey that leads him into the lives of the women closest to Oliver and a tragedy at the heart of French Impressionism....

Within each time period, provides examples of significant works in painting, sculpture, drawing and other media. Highlights themes that were important at various times such as nudes, landscape, still life, and love. Includes brief biographies of some artists and a "closer look" in depth for the most significant works.

Provides seventy-five prompts to help appreciate art and spread the appreciation to those around you.

Invites the reader to take a closer look at paintings by such artists as Botticelli, Bruegel, Velasquez, Copley, and Van Gogh, providing information about the artist, subject, and medium of each work of art.

Encourages young readers to explores objects and concepts such as storms, faces, parties, jungles, battles, tears, movement, and time, and explains how great artists used these themes to create their works.