Rheni Tauchid’s bestselling The New Acrylics is an invaluable overview of modern acrylic paints. Her follow-up, New Acrylics Essential Sourcebook, is an in-depth, must-have resource for today’s acryli
Examines how different emotions, animals, human beings, family relationships, weather conditions, and amusements have been depicted in works of art from different time periods and places.
The Barcarolle, Op. 60, is one of the finest works of Frederic Chopin. Its expressive melodies, rich harmonies and formal perfection have been admired by musicians and writers for many generations. Th
Guernsey (Florida International U.) examines the works, mainly murals, of four European painters--Delacroix, James Barry, Chenavard, and Courbet--all of which were presented to state institutions betw
Best-selling author Nancy Krulik delves into the mind of a twelve-year-old girl just trying to survive middle school.After spending the night studying the Joyce Kilmer Middle School Handbook, Jenny Mc
The Spanish cleric Bartolome de Las Casas is a key figure in the history of Spain’s conquest of the Americas. Las Casas condemned the torture and murder of natives by theconquistadores in reports to t
