Looking At Paintings is a series of books designed to present many different painters' views of a single subject.Here is a visual feast of paintings,each of which shows us roalf leads readers on a personal gallery tour of nineteen favorite paintings of circus scenes.From the work of an unknown Indian artist to Francisco de Goya y Lucientes,Georges Seurat,Marc Chagall,and others, each artist's vision and interpretation of the circus is unique.Some artists,such as Reginald March in Pip and Flip and John Steuart Curry in the Flying Codona,depict the drama and excitement traditionally associated with circus acts.Other artists,such as edward Hopper in Soir Bleu and Max Beckmann in Acrobat on Trapeze,were more unconventional in their view of the circus and use it as a means to conver the horror and despair they felt about war. To see through the eyes of many of the world's greatest painters is to see with the imagination as well.Circu in the LOOKING AT PANTINGS series is a book that inspires young readers to ob

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They's gorgeous pals with lousy iobs and lots of free time,but not for sex (at least not with each other).At one point or another,though,they's seen each other naked in the shower.They just hang out at favorite java hut,Central Perk,or crash at Monica and Rachel's apartment.They're nothing if not…… 作者简介： Jea-Ha Kim is the pop-culture reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times and has one New York Times bestseller under her belt.Kim received her B.A. from the University of Chicago and her M.S.from.Northwestern University,which Friends star David Schwimmer also attended.In a perfect world,she would meet a man who has Chandler's wit,Joey's looks,and Ross's kind heart.But she would settle for Brad Pitt.

Looking at paintings is a series of books designed to present many different painters'views of a single subject.Here is a visual feast of paintings,each of which shows us something about what great artists see when they paint. In Seascapes,Peggy Roalf leads readers on a personal gallery tour of nineteen favorite paintings of the sea and its surroundings.The paintings are as varied as the weather on the oceans of the world.From a seventeenth-century painting that shows the great warrior Ulysses entering a harbor during the Trojan War to paintings from the twentieth century showing the sea as a destructive force that is never truly mastered,each artist's vision and interpretation of the sea is unique.Respect for the power of the ocean is the only constant. To see through the eyes of many of the world's greatest painters is to see with the imagination as well.Cbildren in the LOOKING AT PAINTINGS series is a book that inspires young readers to observe their world and to use their imagination to see like a

Keyboard instruments have been at the forefront of music-making for centuries.Now, thanks to recent technological advances they are more affordable and readily available than ever before, inspiring thousands of would-be performers to take up the piano or electric keyboard every year. These beginners have widely differing musical tastes and ambitions, but they all share the need for a straightforward yet comprehensive tutor that will enable them to start playing as quickly and easily as possible. Learn to Play the Piano and Keyboard is just such a book: it offers advice on choosing a suitable instrument and shows--with the help of a wealth of diagrams and color photographs--the correct way to finger notes and chords. It also demonstrates how these elements can be combined to create simple, yet satisfying, melodies and accompaniments. Later chapters demystify the process of reading staff notation, and feature pieces and exercises in a range of styles (including classical, folk, and ragtime), while the book

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LOOKING AT PAINTINGS is a series of books designed to present many different painters' views of a single subject.Here is a visual feast of paintings,each of which shows us something about what great artists see when they paint. In Flowerd,Peggy Roflf leads readers on a personal gallery tour of nineteen favorite paintings of flowers,From the work of Renaissance painter Giuseppe Arcimboldo to twentieth-century artists such as Paul Klee and Henri Matisse,each person's vision and interpretation of flowers in unique.Some artists,such as Edouard Manet in Puik and Clematis in a Crystal Vase and Pierre-Auguste Renoir in Spring Bouquet,present a more traditional and familiar view of flowers by painting them in a vase and by emphasizing the background as well as the blooms.An artist such as Georgia O'Keeffe,however,captures the more wild and tempestuous beauty of a flower in White Sweet Peas,whereas Rene Magritte in The Wrestler's Tomb focuses on a single bloom so closely that it becomes almost something other than

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Looking at paintings is a series of books that presents many different painters' views of a single subject.Here is a visual of paintings,each of which shows us something about what great artists see when they paint. In Dancers,Peggy Roalf leads readers on a personal gallery tour of nineteen favorite paintings of dancers.From the work of an unknown Roman artist to Brueghel,Degas,Toulouse-Lautrec,and others,each artist's vision and interpretation of the dance is singular.Henri Matisse,for example,expresses the powerful energy in a circle dance by using bold lines and three brilliant color in The Dance.Georges Seurat created a new way of painting,with thousands of flickering little dots instead of brush storkes ,in The Can-Can. To see through the eyes of the world's greatest painters is to see with the imagination as well.Dancers in the LOOKING AT PAINTINGS series is a book that will inspire young readers to observe their world and to use their imagination to see like a painter. 作者简介： PEGG

LOOKING AT PAINTINGS is a series of books designed to present many different painters'views of a single subject.Here is a visual feast of paintings,each of which shows us something about what great artists see when they paint. In Hore,Peggy Roalf leads readers on a personal gallery tour of nineteen favorite paintings of horses.From the work of an unknown prehistoric artist to Raphael,Frederic Remington,Bill Traylor,and others,each artist's vision and interpreation of the horse is unique.Some immortalize the strength and power that results from the partnership formed between borse and jockey and a warrior and his mount as shown in Edouard Manet's Race at Longchamp and Remington's Blanket Signal.Others,such as Benjamin Marshall's Favorite Chestnut Hunter of Lavy Frances Stephens,celebrate the animals'sheer physical beauty and the intense olve their owners felt for them. To see through the eyes of man of the world's greatest painters is to see with the imagination as well.Horses in the LOOKING AT PAINTIN