Kiowa County Public Library District

Its a rare and secret profession, comprising a few dozen people around the world equipped with a mysterious mixture of knowledge and innate sensibility. Summoned to Swiss bank vaults, Fifth Avenue apartments, and Tokyo storerooms, they are entrusted by collectors, dealers, and museums to decide if a coveted picture is real or fake and to determine if it was painted by Leonardo da Vinci or Raphael. The Eye lifts the veil on the rarified world of connoisseurs...

Examines how different kinds of animals have been depicted in works of art from different time periods and places.

Discusses the life and works of the Russian painter.

Briefly examines the life and work of the seventeenth-century Dutchman who was one of the greatest artists of all time.

Surveys the life, work and times of Jan Vermeer, the last of the great artists of 17th century Holland.

A search-and-find book that follows the story of a girl at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and includes a section looking at various types of art found at the museum.

Find the hidden animals in the photographic reproductions of paintings of artists from around the world and through the centuries.

Invites the reader to discover thirteen funny stories produced by pairing twenty-six paintings from different eras and styles.