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Art Up Close

Author: Claire d'Harcourt

Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press

Published: 2017-10-03

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781616894214

This sequel to the best-selling Masterpieces Up Close is another fun, interactive book that introduces works of art from museums around the world across different eras and styles, including an ancient Egyptian papyrus, a Byzantine mosaic, Renaissance frescoes, a medieval European tapestry, Arabic and Aztec manuscripts, Japanese woodblock prints, and impressionist, surrealist, and cubist paintings. Full-color reproductions of twenty-three famous works of art provide a colorful hunting ground for over two hundred close-up details. Lift-the-flap keys at the end of the book provide intriguing facts about the works and the artists who created them. Young readers will learn how artistic expression has developed through the centuries and discover how looking at familiar images up close reveals new insights into the world of art.

East London Up Close

Author: MIMI. MOLLICA

Publisher:

Published: 2021-03-18

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 9781910566978

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This playful photo series by local photographer Mimi Mollica thrusts the viewer straight into the inspiring, frustrating, wild and living streets of east London. Abstract, colourful snapshots of people, fabrics, architecture, wildlife and everyday objects together tell a story of a vibrant, ever-changing community. Mollica's (sometimes extreme) close-ups are full of warmth and spontaneity; making us yearn for a time when close proximity to strangers was inherent in our day-to-day lives.

Mosquitoes Up Close

Author: Robin Birch

Publisher: Capstone Classroom

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 9781410911483

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Describes the physical characteristics, habitats, behavior, and life cycle of a mosquito.

African Elephants Up Close

Author: Carmen Bredeson

Publisher: Enslow Publishers, Inc.

Published: 2006-01-01

Total Pages: 28

ISBN-13: 9780766024991

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Describes the physical characteristics of African elephants, and explains how these characteristics help elephants live in the climate they do.

Bugs Up Close

Author: Diane Swanson

Publisher: Kids Can Press Ltd

Published: 2007-09

Total Pages: 42

ISBN-13: 1554531381

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Through Paul Davidson's powerful camera lens, see a fly the size of a man's shoe, the 30,000-odd lenses in a dragonfly's eyes, the hair on a bee's legs and much more.

Pterosaurs Up Close

Author: Peter Dodson

Publisher: Enslow Publishing, LLC

Published: 2011-01-01

Total Pages: 14

ISBN-13: 1464602549

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Author Peter Dodson introduces young readers to pterosaurs. Although they are not dinosaurs, these flying reptiles lived fascinating lives millions of years ago. Readers will learn about Pterandodon, Pterodactylus, and many other pterosaurs. They'll get an up-close view into their lives and habits. This is a great resource for budding paleontologists.

Stegosaurus Up Close

Author: Peter Dodson, Ph.D.

Publisher: Enslow Publishing, LLC

Published: 2011-01-01

Total Pages: 14

ISBN-13: 0766046923

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Paleontologist Peter Dodson introduces young readers to Stegosaurus, a plated dinosaur. Full-color illustrations bring this dinosaur's world to the future, showing its head, legs, legs, and environment up close. A great book for beginning readers and anyone who loves dinosaurs.

Talented Tails Up Close

Author: Melissa Stewart

Publisher: Enslow Publishing, LLC

Published: 2012-01-01

Total Pages: 30

ISBN-13: 9780766038936

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"Discover how different animals use their tails to keep their balance, swim, and more"--

Mars Up Close

Author: Marc Kaufman

Publisher: National Geographic Books

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 142621278X

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"National Geographic and science journalist Marc Kaufman combine inside stories, fascinating facts, and eye-popping pictures, some never before seen, of the red planet and NASA's groundbreaking Curiosity mission. Renowned author Kaufman spent two years embedded with the engineers and scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, cheering on the rover's spine-tingling landing, learning the backstory of anticipated findings, and witnessing the inescapable frustrations that come from operating a $2.5-billion multitasking robot on a planet 35 million miles from Earth. With images never published before, and computer-enhanced with colors that make you want to spend your next vacation on Mars, this is the only book that explains everything, detail by detail and moment by moment, about the most ambitious space expedition the human race has ever undertaken."--Provided by publisher.

Things Up Close

Author: Alice Boynton

Publisher: Look Closely (Look! Books (Tm)

Published: 2019-08

Total Pages: 28

ISBN-13: 1634406699

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In Things Up Close, young readers view common objects--a pencil, sponge, toothbrush, and seashell--from a new perspective and learn uncommon facts about each one.