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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
Kindheitserinnerung des Leonardo da Vinci	Sigmund Freud	What might the world’s most notorious psychologist say about the mysterious expression of the Mona Lisa that has puzzled art critics for years? In Leonardo da Vinci Sigmund Freud psychoanalyzes the R…	OL1069667W
Statue of Liberty	Charles E. Mercer	Presents the story behind the building of the colossal statue in New York Harbor, France's gift to the U.S. commemorating friendship and symbolizing freedom, and describes its current renovation.	OL121977W
MY LIFE; TRANS. BY JULIA CONAWAY BONDANELLA	Benvenuto Cellini	"'You should know that men like Benvenuto, unique in their profession, need not be subject to the law.'". "Thus spoke Pope Paul III on learning that Cellini had murdered a fellow artist, so great wa…	OL13615601W
In her hands	Alan Schroeder	"A biography of African American sculptor Augusta Savage, who overcame many obstacles as a young woman to become a premier female sculptor of the Harlem Renaissance. Includes an afterword about Savag…	OL13745336W
Snow angels	Fern Michaels	They bring joy, wonder--and all the happiness of the season. Let these delightful stories of love and miracles light up your holidays with cheer..."Snow Angels," by Fern MichaelsThe only way irresist…	OL15152372W
The life of Gian Lorenzo Bernini	Domenico Bernini	"A critical translation of the unabridged Italian text of Domenico Bernini's biography of his father, seventeenth-century sculptor, architect, painter, and playwright Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680)…	OL15456866W
Them	Francine du Plessix Gray	At the height of their fame, Alexander Liberman and Tatiana du Plessix Gray were the grandest power couple in the New York City fashion world, gifted Russian emigres who consorted with Dali and Dietr…	OL15858830W
The Reluctant Nude	Meg Maguire	Fallon Frost’s late foster mother had done so much to heal the wounds of her damaged childhood. So when a lecherous developer plans to bulldoze her old home to make room for a strip mall, the practic…	OL17534948W
Letters from Vinnie	Maureen Stack Sappey	A fictionalized account of the Washington, D.C., Civil War years experienced by Vinnie Ream the sculptress, best known for the statue of Abraham Lincoln that is in the Capitol building.	OL1807830W
The secret kingdom	Barb Rosenstock	The incredible story of the world s largest visionary environment: the Rock Garden of Chandigarh, kept secret by outsider artist Nek Chand for fifteen years.	OL19736977W
The sculptor	Scott McCloud	"David Smith is giving his life for his art--literally. Thanks to a deal with Death, the young sculptor gets his childhood wish: to sculpt anything he can imagine with his bare hands. But now that he…	OL19993415W
Louise Nevelson	Laurie Wilson	Louise Nevelson (1899-1988) was, with Calder, Noguchi and David Smith, one of the great American sculptors of the 20th century. She created extraordinary work, from room-size installations composed o…	OL20038099W
Twelve Days of Christmas	Trisha Ashley	Sculptor, Jude Martland, is determined that this year there will be no Christmas after his brother runs off with his fiancee and he is keen to avoid the family home. However, he will have to return b…	OL21022784W
The umbrella of the gardener's aunt is in the house	Rushton Howard	A tiny Montana town finds itself in a holiday dustup when their park's traditional Nativity is slated to be replaced by the work of a world-renowned avant-garde sculptor: returning native son and lun…	OL24158459W
Michelangelo, 1475-1564	Yvonne Paris	This volume presents the entire spectrum of the great Renaissance artist's work--his sculptures, frescoes, buildings, and poetry--as well as a biography of the man himself. Excursions dealing with sp…	OL24285879W
Tilman Riemenschneider	Frederik Hetmann	»Nie hatte er gedacht, sich in die hohe Politik, die Welthändel zu mischen es lag das seiner natürlichen Bescheidenheit, seiner Liebe zum freien und friedfertigen Schaffen ursprünglich fern. Er hatte…	OL2429135W
Bull of Sherriff Street	Adrian Woods Frazier	151 pages : 26 cm	OL25698346W
The bone parade	Mark Nykanen	THE BONE PARADE introduces Ashley Stassler—not your average artist. While wildly praising him for his sculptures that depict families with gruesome, tortured expressions, the art world cannot even gu…	OL2720147W
Degas and the little dancer	Kendall, Richard kunsthistoricus	Degas's sculpture of the Little Dancer Aged Fourteen is one of the most celebrated images of our age. Although it caused immediate controversy when first exhibited in 1881, it is now recognized as th…	OL27694489W
Matteo	Fiona French	When Matteo, the sculptor, refuses to carve a statue for the courtyard of a rich nobleman in Florence, the nobleman plays a trick on Matteo.	OL3273429W