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"From bestselling author Diane Chamberlain comes an irresistible new novel. North Carolina, 2018: Morgan Christopher's life has been derailed. Taking the fall for a crime she did not commit, she finds herself serving a three-year stint in the North Carolina Women's Correctional Center. Her dream of a career in art is put on hold-until a mysterious visitor makes her an offer that will see her released immediately. Her assignment: restore an old post...
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Publisher
Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, $c [2013]
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
In the same style, manner, and format as The Louvre: All the Paintings, every Old Master painting that is on display in The Vatican is included in this deluxe, slip-cased volume with companion DVD, as well as hundreds of additional masterpieces and treasure in the Papal collection.
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Publisher
Polity
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
The Sistine Chapel is one of the world's most magnificent buildings, and the frescos that decorate its ceiling and walls are a testimony to the creative genius of the Renaissance. Two generations of artists worked at the heart of Christianity, over the course of several decades in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, to produce this extraordinary achievement of Western civilization. In this book, the art historian and restorer Antonio Forcellino...
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Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
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English
Description
"Mira lives in a gray and hopeless urban community until a muralist arrives and, along with his paints and brushes, brings color, joy, and togetherness to Mira and her neighbors"--
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Publisher
Holiday House Publishing, Inc
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.9 - AR Pts: 1
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English
Description
Horse is all set to paint a mural his way, oblivious to Buggy's suggestions that a bit of planning might be a good idea. But as the Horse knocks over paint cans and sends brushes flying, he relents and accepts some help from Buggy. The hilarious antics and easy-to-read text will put smiles on the faces of fledgling readers.
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Lake Street Speaks
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"May 25, 2020. The street murals along Lake Street and surrounding neighborhoods speak to a movement raising the conversation of racial inequality. Combined these graffiti art masterpieces created a museum of the street, an inspiration to those who walked or drove through the neighborhoods. The city experienced expressions of anger, frustration, and outrage. These expressions took many forms, from speeches and marches to poetry and paintings. The...
9) The artivist
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Publisher
Kokila
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Motivated by the realization of global inequities, a young boy embraces his dual identities as an artist and activist, becoming an "Artivist" to make a difference by using his viral mural as a catalyst for positive change.
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Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"The city is alive with vibrant art in every corner of the parks, the shops, the trains. But most people are too busy to see it! Three children realize it's up to them to show everyone else how truly special it is."--Front jacket flap.
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Series
Alma's way volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
When Alma Rivera and her friends decide they want to paint a mural in their neighborhood, everyone has a different idea, and it is up to Alma to get their attention and suggest a solution, but when she starts painting and André offers to help, he keeps adding things that aren't in the design and once again she must find a way to handle the situation.
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Publisher
New York Review Books
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
Tom Birkin, a veteran of the Great War and a broken marriage, arrives in the remote Yorkshire village of Oxgodby where he is to restore a recently discovered medieval mural in the local church. Living in the bell tower, surrounded by the resplendent countryside of high summer, and laboring each day to uncover an anonymous painter's depiction of the apocalypse, Birkin finds that he himself has been restored to a new, and hopeful, attachment to life....
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