Building a Masterpiece

Building a Masterpiece
Author: Milwaukee Art Museum
Publisher:
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2001
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

This spectacular volume celebrates the reopening of the Milwaukee Art Museum with its new additiion designed by world-famous Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, joining the original builing by Eero Saarinen.

The Scraps Book

The Scraps Book
Author: Lois Ehlert
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 72
Release: 2014-03-04
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1442435720

The renowned Caldecott Honoree and illustrator of Chicka Chicka Boom Boom provides a moving, intimate, and inspiring inside look at her colorful picture book career. Lois Ehlert always knew she was an artist. Her parents encouraged her from a young age by teaching her how to sew and saw wood and pound nails, and by giving her colorful art supplies. They even gave her a special spot to work that was all her own. Today, many years and many books later, Lois takes readers and aspiring artists on a delightful behind-the-scenes tour of her books and her book-making process. Part fascinating retrospective, part moving testament to the value of following your dreams, this richly illustrated picture book is sure to inspire children and adults alike to explore their own creativity.

Milwaukee Sketchbook

Milwaukee Sketchbook
Author:
Publisher: Indigo Custom Publishing
Total Pages: 108
Release: 2005-11
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 0976287544

For a year, a group of16 art students at the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design walked the city of Milwaukee with sketchpads in hand. The 123 landmarks and scenes captured in the students' artwork and reproduced in the Milwaukee Sketchbook showcase the results of those artistic explorations.

A Creative Place: the History of Wisconsin Art

A Creative Place: the History of Wisconsin Art
Author: Tom Lidtke
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2021-12
Genre:
ISBN: 9780578962627

Survey of Wisconsin art and artists covering the period 11000 BCE through the year 2000. Book includes 7 thoroughly researched chapters and more than 500 images that chronicle Wisconsin's most influential art and artists.

Perfect Square

Perfect Square
Author: Michael Hall
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 44
Release: 2011-03-29
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0061915130

A perfect square is transformed in this adventure story that will transport you far beyond the four equal sides of this square book.

Through Georgia's Eyes

Through Georgia's Eyes
Author: Rachel Rodríguez
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 44
Release: 2006-02-07
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780805077407

A biography of Georgia O'Keeffe from her childhood in Wisconsin through her work in New Mexico.

Mary Nohl Inside & Outside

Mary Nohl Inside & Outside
Author: Barbara Manger
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2008
Genre: Art
ISBN:

Outsider artist, sophisticated naïf, and witch are all labels that have described Mary Nohl (1914-2001), creator of a magical and mysterious site on the shore of Lake Michigan near Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Mary Nohl: Inside and Outside offers the first comprehensive look into the unusual life of a remarkable artist whose surroundings stand as a monument to her creative personality.

Silver Screens

Silver Screens
Author: Larry Widen
Publisher: Wisconsin Historical Society
Total Pages: 186
Release: 2007
Genre: Motion picture theaters
ISBN: 0870203681

Silver Screens traces the rich history of Milwaukee's movie theaters, from 1890s nickelodeons to the grand palaces of the Roaring Twenties to the shopping mall outlets of today. But the story doesn't end there: in the past two decades, growing interest in restoring theaters has confirmed that there's still life in these beloved structures. With the publication of Silver Screens, authors Larry Widen and Judi Anderson help ensure that our old theaters - both those being preserved and those long since vanished from the landscape - will remain forever embedded in our collective memory.

Milwaukee Then and Now

Milwaukee Then and Now
Author: Sandra Ackerman
Publisher:
Total Pages: 152
Release: 2004
Genre: History
ISBN:

As part of the popular Then and Now series, the city of Milwaukee is celebrated with archival photographs shown alongside specially commissioned contemporary images of the same scene. This visual account features over 100 photographs. It shows us how Milwaukee has evolved into the city it is today - a diverse range of architectural styles, where the massive arches of the old Federal Building, sleek lines of late 20th century high-rise offices, and the imposing mansions of Lake Drive all present one fascinating landscape.

Graphic

Graphic
Author: Steven Heller
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010
Genre: Artists' preparatory studies
ISBN: 9780500288849

Publisher's description: In this ambitious publication, some one hundred of the world's leading graphic designers and illustrators open up their private sketchbooks to offer a privileged glimpse into their creative process.