How Artists See The Elements

How Artists See The ElementsIn How Artists See the Elements children can see how Red Grooms created clumps of earth out of dabs and lines of paint; how Arthur Dove captured the beauty and destructiveness of fire at the same time; how N. C. Wyeth made air "visible"; and how Katsushika Hokusai suggested the immense power of the oceans waves by using strong, curving lines. Each volume in the How Artists See series presents sixteen diverse works of art, all devoted to a subject that

the individual

and and introduce us to less familiar but just as fascinating sights

Bauer visits Stockbridge

Stories My Father Told Me offers fascinating

his buildings have become enduring testaments to his architectural genius as creator of a timeless classicism

or at least an informed buyer

It is also the fascinating life story of a man who helped define the trends themselves

the almost two dozen pictures will elicit wry smiles of recognition

and his innovations in fire-resistant construction are thoroughly discussed and illustrated

he flees to his home

is a vastly diverse

women were exploring new modes of expression and new lifestyles