A comprehensive and delightful look at Hogwarts, Diagon Alley, The Burrow, Azkaban prison and all of the memorable places, both loved and feared, that brought the Harry Potter movies to life—a keepsake treasury bound in a debossed leatherette case and featuring a removable poster and interactive booklet. Grand in its design and package, Harry Potter: Magical Places from the Films: Hogwarts, Diagon Alley, and Beyond offers an unprecedented look at the creative process that transformed the magical locations of the wizarding world from the page to the big screen. Inside, readers will discover the many challenges the studio faced to build the fantastical sites depicted in Rowling’s books, from Hogwarts castle and its many classrooms and dormitories, to Diagon Alley and the Ministry of Magic. Organized by film appearance, Harry Potter: Magical Places from the Films: Hogwarts, Diagon Alley, and Beyond takes readers on a behind-the-scenes visual journey through all eight of the Harry Potter fil

埃德加·德加 Edgar Degas是法国著名的印象派画家，因擅长运用线条和色彩，绘画女舞蹈演员，而被称为”舞女画家“。 他本人认为女舞蹈演员是他表现美丽的纺织品和舞蹈动作的媒介物。他一生坚持古典造型与印象派的色彩结合，据说他曾委托别人在他的墓碑上铭刻：终身热爱素描（线条）。 Witha clear, accessible format, the Smart About Art series kicks offwith Edgar Degas: Paintings that Dance by Maryann Cocca-Leffler;Claude Monet: Sunshine and Waterlilies by True Kelley; and Vincentvan Gogh: Sunflowers and Swirly Stars by Joan Holub. Each presentsfactual information about each artist in the style of a schoolreport, interjecting the narrative with the voice of a childwriter. In Degas, for instance, "author" Kristin pastes in aphotograph of herself in fourth position (aping one of Degas'ssketches of a ballet dancer); in Monet, the narrator compares twopaintings of the same scene, one by Renoir an

"Brad" explores the ups and downs of van Gogh's life and art inthis colorful report, featuring Brad's funny cartoons alongsidereproductions of classic paintings like Starry Night.

"Steven" traces Monet's life from his childhood, through hisrejection of traditional painting and the development ofImpressionism, to his final, settled years in Giverny, sprinklingthe report with his own drawings and comments.

Beginning with his early days in Syracuse, N.Y., and hischildhood in wartime Germany, this autobiography gives readers aglimpse at what shaped the artist's life, including essays on hiswork by his editors, a speech for the Library of Congress, and morethan sixty full-color illustrations.

雷诺阿是法国画家，初与印象画派运动联系密切。他的早期作品是典型的记录真实生活的印象派作品，充满了夺目的光彩。然而到了（18世纪）80年代中期，他从印象派运动中分裂出来，转向在人像画及肖像画，特别是妇女肖像画中去发挥自己更加严谨和正规的绘画技法。 在所有印象派画家中，雷诺阿也许是受欢迎的一位，因为他所画的都是漂亮的儿童，花朵，美丽的景色，特别是可爱的女人。这些都会立刻把人吸引住。雷诺阿把从他们那里所得到的赏心悦目的感觉直接地表达在画布上。他曾说过：“为什么艺术不能是美的呢？世界上丑恶的事已经够多的了”。 With a clear, accessible format, the Smart AboutArt series kicks off with Edgar Degas: Paintings that Dance byMaryann Cocca-Leffler; Claude Monet: Sunshine and Waterlilies byTrue Kelley; and Vincent van Gogh: Sunflowers and Swirly Stars byJoan Holub. Each presents f

This 128-page doodle book includes activities based many of Roald Dahl’s most famous stories, including Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and features the iconic artwork of Quentin Blake.

Katie meets a real princess and discovers the incredibleSpanish artists including Velazquez! Katie's very excited - herbirthday is coming, and she'll be having a fancy dress party! WhatKatie would like more than anything, is to dress up as a princess,but Grandma can't seem to get her costume quite right! Perhaps atrip to the art gallery will provide some inspiration ...Join Katieon her adventure inside five famous paintings as she gets to be areal princess for a day! The five masterpieces featured are:Portrait of the Infanta Margarita by Velazquez, Don Manuel Osoriode Zuniga by Goya, The Parasol by Goya, A Peasant Boy Leaning on aSill by Murillo, Philip IV of Spain in Brown and Silver byVelazquez

"I spy with my little eye something beginning with A..." Even the very youngest art lovers can spy out the apple in Magritte's Son of Man through the zigzags in de Geest's Portrait of a Child. Interact with twenty-six of the world's greatest paintings in this educational, entertaining, and beautiful pairing of a classic game with timeless art.

This fully illustrated volume on the life and work of EricCarle contains autobiographical writings of his life and childhoodin wartime Germany, giving a glimpse of the people, circumstancesand events that shaped his life and encouraged his bold, freeformstyle. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable editionof this title.