Download or read book Claudia and the Mystery in the Painting The Baby Sitters Club Mystery 32 written by Ann M. Martin and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2015-07-28 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Claudia is told that her friend Rebecca's grandmother burned all of her own famous artworks before she died, Claudia is suspicious and sets out to find the real truth.
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Download or read book Claudia and the Mystery in the Painting written by Ann M. Martin and published by Turtleback. This book was released on 1997-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Baby-sitting in the house of an artist, Claudia stays one step ahead of a pair of art thieves who are searching for some famous hidden paintings. Baby-sitters Club Mystery.
Download or read book From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs Basil E Frankweiler written by E.L. Konigsburg and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-12-21 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now available in a deluxe keepsake edition! A Time Best YA Book of All Time (2021) Run away to the Metropolitan Museum of Art with E. L. Konigsburg’s beloved classic and Newbery Medal–winning novel From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. When Claudia decided to run away, she planned very carefully. She would be gone just long enough to teach her parents a lesson in Claudia appreciation. And she would go in comfort-she would live at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She saved her money, and she invited her brother Jamie to go, mostly because be was a miser and would have money. Claudia was a good organizer and Jamie bad some ideas, too; so the two took up residence at the museum right on schedule. But once the fun of settling in was over, Claudia had two unexpected problems: She felt just the same, and she wanted to feel different; and she found a statue at the Museum so beautiful she could not go home until she bad discovered its maker, a question that baffled the experts, too. The former owner of the statue was Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. Without her—well, without her, Claudia might never have found a way to go home.
Download or read book Behind the Canvas written by Alexander Vance and published by Feiwel & Friends. This book was released on 2016-02-23 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is a world behind the canvas. Past the flat façade and the crackling paint is a realm where art lives, breathes, creates, and destroys. Claudia Miravista loves art but only sees what is on the surface-until the Dutch boy Pim appears in the painting in her room. Pim has been trapped in the world behind the canvas for centuries by a power-hungry witch, and he now believes that Claudia is his only hope for escape. Fueled by the help of an ancient artist and some microwaveable magic, Claudia enters the wondrous and terrifying world behind the canvas, intent on destroying the witch's most cherished possession and setting her new friend free. But in that world nothing is quite as it appears on the surface. Not even friendship.
Download or read book Claudia and the Mystery at the Museum written by Ann M. Martin and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Claudia can't wait for Stoneybrook's new museum to open - especially as it's featuring an exhibition of her favourite sculptor's work. But when somebody steals some precious coins, Claudia and the BSC know something bad is going on
Download or read book Claudia and the Clue in the Photograph written by Ann M. Martin and published by Apple. This book was released on 1994 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this new mystery, Claudia is called upon to use her new passion in photography to help solve a bank robbery that has baffled all of Stonybrook.
Download or read book The Paintings That Revolutionized Art written by Claudia Stauble and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2015-04-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now available in a paperback edition, this beautifully illustrated, delightfully informative collection of one hundred of the world’s most significant paintings covers nearly every period, culture, and style. What makes the Book of Kells such an extraordinary example of illuminated manuscript? Why is Dürer’s self-portrait so iconic? How did Turner’s Rain, Steam, Speed turn the art world on its head? What’s so great about Jasper John’s Flag? And who was Whistler’s mother, anyway? Art history is filled with paintings that shocked, intrigued, enraged, and mystified their audiences—paintings that exemplified the period in which they were created and forever changed the way we think. Here, one hundred examples of these icons of art are presented in beautiful, high-quality reproductions. Each double-page spread features lavish illustrations and details as well as engaging texts that explain why the painting belongs in the pantheon of world changing art.
Download or read book Stolen Light An Art History Mystery written by Claudia Riess and published by Art History Mystery. This book was released on 2019-03-25 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cuba 1958: American-born William Delany's sugar plantation is attacked by rebels. He is killed and his priceless art collection is presumed taken as plunder.Fifty years later, Delaney's widow dies, and his daughter, Helen Gilmore, endeavoring to understand the father her mother never spoke about, is determined to retrieve what she can of his legacy. In her quest to track down her father's art collection she enlists the help of a young writer named Erika Shawn. Together with seasoned art historian Harrison Wheatley, the two begin their quest to uncover what they can about Delany's collection.What begins as an academic exercise quickly escalates to something much more sinister. When Helen is brutally murdered and Erika is anonymously warned to drop the assignment, they press on undeterred to uncover the culprits and find justice for Helen.Their dogged determination to find Helen's killer as well as the stolen artwork lead them to what may be an historical find. Their sleuthing is complicated by their intensifying attraction, as irresistible and, likely as threatening as their mission.
Download or read book Claudia and the New Girl written by Ann M. Martin and published by Apple. This book was released on 1996-04-01 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Claudia's membership in the Baby-sitters Club is threatened when she befriends a new student, Ashley Wyeth, an artist who thinks the Club is a waste of time.
Download or read book Hello Fruit Face written by Claudia Strand and published by Prestel Publishing. This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the fanciful paintings of sixteenth-century Italian artist Giuseppe Arcimboldo who composed faces with fruits, books, fish, vegetables, and other items.
Download or read book Fateful written by Claudia Gray and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2011-09-13 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eighteen-year-old maid Tess Davies is determined to escape the wealthy, troubled family she serves. It’s 1912, and Tess has been trapped in the employ of the Lisles for years, amid painful memories and twisted secrets. But now the Lisle family is headed to America, with Tess in tow. Once the ship they’re sailing on—the RMS Titanic—reaches its destination, Tess plans to strike out and create a new lifefor herself. Her single-minded focus shatters when she meets Alec, a handsome first-class passenger who captivates her instantly. But Alec has secrets of his own. He’s in a hurry to leave Europe, and whispers aboard the ship say it’s because of the tragic end of his last affair with the French actress who died so gruesomely and so mysteriously. . . . Soon Tess will learn just how dark Alec’s past truly is. The danger they face is no ordinary enemy: werewolves exist and are stalking him—and now her, too. Her growing love for Alec will put Tess in mortal peril, and fate will do the same before their journey on the Titanic is over. In Fateful, New York Times bestselling author Claudia Gray delivers paranormal adventure, dark suspense, and alluring romance set against the opulent backdrop of the Titanic’s first—and last—voyage.
Download or read book Mary Anne and Too Many Boys The Baby Sitters Club 34 written by Ann M. Martin and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2013-09-24 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mary Anne and Stacey are in Sea City working as mother's helpers for the Pike family. When each of the girls meets up with her boyfriend from last summer, things start to get complicated.
Download or read book Claudia and the Sad Good bye Collector s Edition The Baby Sitters Club 26 written by Ann M. Martin and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2013-06-25 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Claudia has a sad good-bye to make. Her grandmother, Mimi, has just died. Claudia understands that Mimi was sick for a long time, but she's still mad at her grandmother for leaving her. Who will help Claudia with her homework...and share 'special tea' with her?
Download or read book Claudia and the Recipe for Danger written by Ann M. Martin and published by Apple. This book was released on 1995 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Claudia is determined to find out who is sabotaging the entries in the baking contest.
Download or read book Experiences of Art written by Hilda Werschkul and published by Antique Collector's Club. This book was released on 2017 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Experiences of Art: Reflections on Masterpiece's is a book that explores themes in the history of art through the insights of students. The book engages themes such as the origins of creativity in prehistoric art, the meaning and significance of the classical paradigm in art history since antiquity, the actual application of Renaissance art theory to an examination of famous masterpieces, an exploration of a new area of philosophical inquiry that reexamines the 18th century as both a period of rationalism and anti-rationalism (rather than the "Age of Reason"), and the tradition of individual subjectivity and expression in modern art reaching back to van Gogh. AUTHOR: Hilda Werschkul holds a doctorate in art history from Columbia University. Her areas of specialisation lay in the drawings of the Old Masters and drawing theory, as well as Post-War American art. 'Experiences of Art: Reflections on Masterpieces' draws upon her ten-plus years of teaching experience. SELLING POINTS: * A key reference text for students of art history, of interest to anybody who wants to learn more about this field * Sumptuous pictures accompany the text, allowing for detailed image study 200 colour
Download or read book Elusion written by Claudia Gabel and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2014-03-18 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The mind-blowing beginning of a futuristic series about the seductive nature of a perfect virtual world and how far one girl will go to uncover the truth behind the illusions. A new technology is sweeping the country. To enter Elusion®, you need an app, a visor, and a wristband, and you'll be virtually transported to an exotic destination where adventure comes without the complications or consequences of real life. When there are accusations that Elusion is addictive and dangerous, Regan is determined to defend it and is pulled into incredible new worlds to discover deeply buried truths—and to make the ultimate choice between love and loyalty. . . . Full of thrilling mystery, romance, and intriguing technology, this Inception-inspired thriller is perfect for fans of dystopian and sci-fi novels such as Uglies by Scott Westerfeld, Matched by Ally Condie, and Partials by Dan Wells, and is continued in the sequel, Etherworld.
