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Product Description: Featuring six mosaics from around the world, this book explores different types of story, from historical recount in the Alexander Mosaic to film story in 'North by Northwest'. Each mosaic is looked at in detail, and a more general introduction to the medium provides a historical context...read more

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9780750253963 | Gardners Books, March 13, 2008, cover price $22.10 | About this edition: Stories in Art: Mosaics looks at six examples of mosaic art, discussing the stories depicted in them and picking out interesting detail, as well as looking at the medium's history and technique.

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9780750294409 | Wayland, September 27, 2016, cover price $11.99 | About this edition: Featuring six mosaics from around the world, this book explores different types of story, from historical recount in the Alexander Mosaic to film story in 'North by Northwest'.

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9781404244382 | Powerkids Pr, September 1, 2008, cover price $26.50 | About this edition: Stories in Art: Mosaics looks at six examples of mosaic art, discussing the stories depicted in them and picking out interesting detail, as well as looking at the medium's history and technique.

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Product Description: Featuring six tapestries and textiles from around the world, this book explores the stories told through the art form, from medieval legend in The Lady and the Unicorn to biblical tale in Harriet Powers' Bible quilt. Each tapestry and textile is looked at in detail, and a more general introduction to the medium provides historical context...read more

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9780750294416 | Wayland, September 13, 2016, cover price $11.99 | About this edition: Featuring six tapestries and textiles from around the world, this book explores the stories told through the art form, from medieval legend in The Lady and the Unicorn to biblical tale in Harriet Powers' Bible quilt.

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By Metropolitan Museum of Art (other contributor)

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9780789325976 | Rizzoli Intl Pubns, September 13, 2016, cover price $4.98 | also contains NYC ABC
9780847837014 | Skira, September 6, 2011, cover price $15.95

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Product Description: Focusing on both the ancient (Inca) and living (Yanomami) cultures of South America, this volume captures the South American mythmakers fascination with shape shifting and magic. It includes the tale of the first Inca, who built the city of Cuzco on the spot where his staff disappeared into the ground, and the sky people, who discovered the rain forest teeming with animals...read more

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9781499463996 | Rosen Young Adult, August 15, 2016, cover price $45.10 | About this edition: Focusing on both the ancient (Inca) and living (Yanomami) cultures of South America, this volume captures the South American mythmakers fascination with shape shifting and magic.

Product Description: The behind-the-scenes stories of the history and development of the fields of art, psychology, and philosophy are told in these fascinating volumes. Featuring all the most important discoveries and breakthroughs, the landmark works, the giant personalities, and the conflicts and controversies associated with each field, readers are treated to a highly detailed panorama that offers a thorough grounding in each profiled discipline...read more

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9781508171669 | Rosen Young Adult, August 15, 2016, cover price $138.30 | About this edition: The behind-the-scenes stories of the history and development of the fields of art, psychology, and philosophy are told in these fascinating volumes.

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9781482450415 | Gareth Stevens Pub, August 15, 2016, cover price $26.60

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By Trenton Hamilton (editor)

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9781680483710 | Britannica Educational Pub, August 15, 2016, cover price $36.25

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9781482450453 | Gareth Stevens Pub, August 15, 2016, cover price $26.60

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9781482449723 | Gareth Stevens Pub, August 15, 2016, cover price $159.60

Product Description: This book introduces readers to the epic legends and myths of Mesopotamias ancient civilizations. One such story tells of the rage of the goddess Ishtar. Spurned by the warrior-king Gilgamesh and seeking to wreak her revenge, Ishtar persuaded her father, Anu, to release the Bull of Heaven...read more

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9781499463972 | Rosen Young Adult, August 15, 2016, cover price $45.10 | About this edition: This book introduces readers to the epic legends and myths of Mesopotamias ancient civilizations.

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9781482450378 | Gareth Stevens Pub, August 15, 2016, cover price $26.60

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9781482450262 | Gareth Stevens Pub, August 15, 2016, cover price $26.60

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9781482450231 | Gareth Stevens Pub, August 15, 2016, cover price $26.60

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9781482450309 | Gareth Stevens Pub, August 15, 2016, cover price $26.60

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Product Description: Of all the peoples who fought for supremacy on the vast eastern European plains, the Slavs have proved the most enduring. This book describes how they spread out from homelands beyond the Carpathian Mountains, settling territory south into the Balkans and as far west as the Elbe River...read more

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9781499463965 | Rosen Young Adult, August 15, 2016, cover price $45.10 | About this edition: Of all the peoples who fought for supremacy on the vast eastern European plains, the Slavs have proved the most enduring.

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Product Description: From the glories of the High Renaissance in Italy to the emotional visions of the Romantics, and from the groundbreaking techniques of the Impressionists to the radical canvases of the Abstract Expressionists, this book provides a fascinating look at the major movements in the history of Western painting...read more

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9781499464023 | Rosen Young Adult, August 15, 2016, cover price $46.10 | About this edition: From the glories of the High Renaissance in Italy to the emotional visions of the Romantics, and from the groundbreaking techniques of the Impressionists to the radical canvases of the Abstract Expressionists, this book provides a fascinating look at the major movements in the history of Western painting.

Product Description: According to Japanese mythology, the cosmos took form spontaneously from chaos. Lighter elements formed the abode of the gods, while heavier ones became the shapeless Earth. Many divinities emerged in these two realms, but the seventh celestial couple consisted of Izanagi and Izanami, a god and goddess whose destiny was to establish the sea-kissed islands of Japan in the unruly waters far below...read more

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9781499463989 | Rosen Young Adult, August 15, 2016, cover price $45.10 | About this edition: According to Japanese mythology, the cosmos took form spontaneously from chaos.

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Product Description: The story of the postman who brought Vincent Van Gogh letters from his brother, Theo, when the artist lived in Arles. These letters played a vital role in encouraging Vincent to keep on painting through difficult times.
By Jeong-yeon Yim (illustrator)

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9781925248838 | Reprint edition (Big & Small, August 1, 2016), cover price $8.99 | About this edition: The story of the postman who brought Vincent Van Gogh letters from his brother, Theo, when the artist lived in Arles.

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9781925249101 | Big & Small, August 1, 2016, cover price $27.99 | About this edition: The story of the postman who brought Vincent Van Gogh letters from his brother, Theo, when the artist lived in Arles.

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Product Description: A young girl delights in dressing up as some of the people in portraits by Auguste Renoir. Her joy and her observations highlight the brilliance and verve of the artist's style.
By Hye-won Yang (illustrator)

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9781925248869 | Reprint edition (Big & Small, August 1, 2016), cover price $8.99 | About this edition: A young girl delights in dressing up as some of the people in portraits by Auguste Renoir.

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9781925249132 | Big & Small, August 1, 2016, cover price $27.99 | About this edition: A young girl delights in dressing up as some of the people in portraits by Auguste Renoir.

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Product Description: Using sketches and paintings by Monet, this story explains how the artist developed his methods for rendering the effects of light, and how he created works that were in many ways more realistic than anything painted before.
By Jae-seon Ahn (illustrator)

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9781925248821 | Reprint edition (Big & Small, August 1, 2016), cover price $8.99 | About this edition: Using sketches and paintings by Monet, this story explains how the artist developed his methods for rendering the effects of light, and how he created works that were in many ways more realistic than anything painted before.

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9781925249095 | Big & Small, August 1, 2016, cover price $27.99 | About this edition: Using sketches and paintings by Monet, this story explains how the artist developed his methods for rendering the effects of light, and how he created works that were in many ways more realistic than anything painted before.

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Product Description: This story reveals how Rembrandt endured poverty and misfortune but continued to paint startling portraits, even when he could hardly afford to buy paints or pay models.
By Sam-hyeon Kim (illustrator)

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9781925248845 | Reprint edition (Big & Small, August 1, 2016), cover price $8.99 | About this edition: Rembrandt painted some of the most extraordinary portraits ever made.

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9781925249118 | Big & Small, August 1, 2016, cover price $27.99 | About this edition: This story reveals how Rembrandt endured poverty and misfortune but continued to paint startling portraits, even when he could hardly afford to buy paints or pay models.

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