Artists: Inspiring Stories of Their Lives and Works (DK Explorers) Cosy Animal Mysteries

Artists: Inspiring Stories of Their Lives and Works (DK Explorers) Cosy Animal MysteriesExtraordinary reference book of over 80 famous painters, their lives, their loves and their iconic paintings. This art book includes insightful biographies of artists accompanied with remarkable reproductions of their famous artworks. Begin with the early Renaissance and follow art movements through the centuries to some of the most well known artists alive today. A gorgeous exploration of the defining people of the art world including pioneers like

a fugitive from justice arrested for robbing the same jewelry store on the same day

Suddenly he’s beset by rivals who’ll kill to take this prize

after one too many vodkas and a call with a phone-in-therapist who told him to “journal his feelings

most terribly

After enduring unspeakable horrors as a child at the hands of Adarlanian soldiers

hardened her

Caught up in the torrent of anger that sweeps through Jewel are a war widow and her adolescent son

The word chreia (cray-a) comes from the Greek word chreiodes (cray-o-dees)

and spying on her neighbors

with boundless curiosity and sharp wit

Beginning with a look at Christopher Columbus’s arrival through the eyes of the Arawak Indians

The Night We Lost Him is a riveting page-turner with a heartbreaking final twist that you will never see coming