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The Usborne Book of Famous Paintings by Rosie Dickens is a terrific reference book. This lavish book provides a picture-by-picture introduction to 35 of the world's best known, best loved paintings, from oil paintings to prints, all beautifully reproduced and explained in a simple, engaging way. The book measures 9 1/8 x 10 5/8 inches, has 96 pages and is perfect for children ages 9 years and up.

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Contents of The Usborne Book of Famous Paintings

• About this book
• The Arnolfini Portrait - by Jan van Eyck (Belgium 1434)
• Spring - by Sandro Botticelli (Italy - about 1482)
• St George and the Dragon - by Raphael Sanzio (Italy - about 1503-05)
• Mona Lisa - by Leonado da Vinci (Italy - about 1505-14)
• The Sistine Chapel Ceiling - by Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italy 1508-12)
• The Maids of Honor -by Diego Velazquez (Spain 1656)
• The Courtyard of a House in Delft - by Pieter de Hooch (Netherlands 1658)
• Self Portrait - by Rembrandt van Rijn (Netherlands 1661)
• Girl with a Pearl Earring - by Jan Vermeer (Netherlands - about 1665-75)
• Mr and Mrs Andrews - by Thomas Gainsborough (England - about 1750)
• The Great Wave - by Katsushika Hokusai (Japan 1829-33)
• The "Fighting Temeraire" - by J.M.W. Turner (England 1839)
• Ophelia - by John Millais (England 1851-52)
• Dance at the Moulin de la Galette - by Auguste Renoir (France 1876)
• A Bar at the Folies-Bergere - by Edouard Manet (France 1882)
• A Sunday on La Grande Jatte - by Georges Seurat (France 1884-86)
• Sunflowers - by Vincent van Gogh (Netherlands - late 1888 or early 1889)
• Blue Dancers - by Edgar Degas (France 1890)
• The Scream - by Edvard Munch (Norway 1893)
• The Kiss - by Gustav Klimt (Austria 1907-08)
• Harmony in Red - by Henri Matisse (France 1908)
• Water Lilies, Morning - by Claude Monet (France 1914-18)
• Yellow - Red - Blue - by Wassily Kandinsky (Russia 1925)
• Oriental Poppies - by Georgia O'Keeffe (America 1927)
• American Gothic - by Grant Wood (America 1930)
• The Persistence of Memory -by Salvador Dali (Spain 1931)
• Guernica - by Pablo Picasso (Spain 1937)
• Self Portrait (The Frame) - by Frida Kahlo (Mexico 1938)
• Nighthawks - by Edward Hopper (America 1942)
• Number 6 - by Jackson Pollock (America 1949)
• Relativity - by Maurits Escher (Netherlands 1953)
• Golconda - by Rene Magritte (Belgium 1953)
• Fall - by Bridget Riley (England 1963)
• Marilyn - by Andy Warhol (America 1967)
• Mr And Mrs Clark and Percy - by David Hockney (England 1970-71)

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This book is part of the Usborne Beginners series of books. It is perfect for children ages 6 years & up. There are 32 pages full of great pictures and colorful illustration. The book is by Stephanie Turnbull.

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