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Can you find the hidden details in these American paintings, prints, and textiles from The Metropolitan Museum of Art? Includes "Washington Crossing the Delaware," by Emmanuel Leutze; "Across the Continent: "Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way"," by Frances Flora Bond Palmer for Currier & Ives; "The Last Moments of John Brown," by Thomas Hovenden; "Thanksgiving Turkey," by Grandma Moses; "The Photographer," by Jacob Lawrence; and "Street...
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Profiles French-American artist Niki de Saint Phalle, whose paintings and sculptures use bright colors and abstract figures. Features photographs of her work and descriptions of their location and meaning. Describe's Niki's creation of famous heroines called the Nanas, which are large, feminine, brightly-colored women, and her magic garden in Italy.
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"This is the story of Marcel Duchamp and how the Dada art movement changed the way people thought about what art could be and what could be art. From drawing a mustache on the Mona Lisa to attaching a bicycle wheel to a stool, Duchamp challenged long-held notions of art and how it should be made. People were amused, confused, and sometimes offended, and that was just the way Marcel Duchamp liked it. With Marcel's Masterpiece, Jeff Mack explores Duchamp's...
12) Seen Art?
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While looking for his friend Art, a boy wanders through the Museum of Modern Art and is amazed by what he discovers there.
14) Johannes Vermeer
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Presents the life and accomplishments of the Dutch painter known for his use of color, discussing his childhood, art education, family life, and famous works.