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Berna González Harbour firma una deslumbrante narración biográfica sobre el artista que mejor supo retratar nuestro país: Francisco de Goya
Mientras Goya pintaba su presente, también retrataba el nuestro. Por ello es considerado el padre de la modernidad. Precursor y visionario, el pintor aragonés escaló hasta la más alta cima del arte para reflejar lo más grandioso y lo más abyecto de su tiempo, capítulos que hoy regresan como las...
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In this biography, the author of the acclaimed Caravaggio examines the relationships that shaped Michelangelo's first thirty years.
In this compelling account, renowned art historian John Spike paints a vivid portrait of one of the world's greatest artists and the places and people, Lorenzo de' Medici, Leonardo, Machiavelli, that inspired and defined his early life and career. Spike's masterful text probes the thinking, evolution, and desires of...
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A biography of a Victorian-era woman who grew up as the daughter of novelist Charles Dickens-and found a creative career of her own. Katey Dickens was born into a house of turbulent celebrity and grew up surrounded by fascinating, famous, and infamous people. From a very young age, she knew her vocation was to be an artist. Lucinda Hawksley charts the life of a celebrated portrait painter who redefines our preconceptions about Victorian women. Living...
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The Tail Of A Salamander: One Man's Journey to Save A Stream is a heartwarming, true story of an accomplished architect and urban planner Mark T. Wright's quest to restore and preserve a North Carolina stream. Along the way, he experiences unexpected personal transformation and revelations about the things that are most important in life. Following his daily activities, you'll want him to be your best friend, your neighbor, and the concerned citizen...
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This is the story of women caught up in the tumultuous art scene of the early twentieth century, some famous and others lost to time.
By 1910 the patina of the belle poque was wearing thin in London. Artists were on the hunt for modern women who could hold them in thrall. A chance encounter on the street could turn an artless child into an artists model, and a model into a muse.
Most were accidental beauties, plucked from obscurity to pose in the...
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The 1st installment in a 3-part oral history, Welcome to the Silver Factory introduces the members of Andy Warhol's inner circle and their dazzling world of art, parties, drugs, and drama In the 1st volume of this fascinating oral history based on her documentary Andy Warhol's Factory People, Catherine O'Sullivan Shorr illuminates the early years of Andy Warhol's Factory scene through interviews with the artist's collaborators, close friends, and...
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The 2nd volume of an intimate oral history, Speeding into the Future vividly recounts how Andy Warhol and his superstars revolutionized both the art world and the nature of celebrity in the mid-1960s Spanning from 1965 through 1966, 2 years that could be considered the pinnacle of Andy Warhol's creative output, Speeding into the Future features firsthand accounts of life inside the Silver Factory. Powered by a steady supply of amphetamines, Quaaludes,...
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Angela Gregory is considered by many the doyenne of Louisiana sculpture and is a notable twentieth century American sculptor. In A Dream and a Chisel, Angela Gregory and Nancy Penrose explore Gregory's desire, even as a teenager, to learn the art of cutting stone and to become a sculptor. Through sheer grit and persistence, Gregory achieved her dream of studying with French artist Antoine Bourdelle, one of Auguste Rodin's most trusted assistants and...
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Aunque quisiera expresar con la mayor sabiduría y elocuencia lo que ha significado para mi escribir este libro, no le haría justicia, por que aunque intente convencerle a usted, querido lector, de indagar en este tomo, lo único que conseguiría es desarmar la esencia de la poesía, la cual, no tiene cadenas, no tiene motivos, no tiene limites.Este libro desentraña mis adentros y los expone para darle un solo significado … Existir
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This beautiful volume celebrates one of the twentieth century's most important photographers, Dorothea Lange. Led off by an authoritative biographical essay by Elizabeth Partridge (Lange's goddaughter), the book goes on to showcase Lange's work in over a hundred glorious plates. Dorothea Lange is the only career-spanning monograph of this major photographer's oeuvre in print, and features images ranging from her iconic Depression-era photograph Migrant...
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A New York Times Notable Book: A revealing look at the famous twentieth-century children's author who brought us The BFG and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Few writers have had the enduring cultural influence of Roald Dahl, who inspired generations of loyal readers. Acclaimed biographer Jeremy Treglown cuts no corners in humanizing this longstanding immortal of juvenile fiction. Roald Dahl explores this master of children's literature from childhood-focusing...
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Too drastic, too crazy, too "out there," too early, too late, too damaged, too much. Valerie Solanas has been dismissed but never forgotten. She has become, unwittingly, a figurehead for women's unexpressed rage, and stands at the center of many worlds. She inhabited Andy Warhol's Factory scene, circulated among feminists and the countercultural underground, charged men money for conversation, despised "daddy's girls," and outlined a vision for radical...
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René-Pierre Bourguet retrace l'histoire d'Arthur Rimbaud grâce à différents moments clés recensés. D'abord, le départ du père. Il est un enfant surdoué, mais privé de la présence paternelle. Ensuite, on découvre Arthur Rimbaud sous différentes facettes : l'adolescent révolté, le communard, le génie poétique avec ses complicités et rivalités, en particulier avec Verlaine. Puis survient la chute, symbolisée par le coup de revolver,...
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'The most charming… portrait of this ever-popular artist… so enormously appealing: good-natured, bluntly told, skimmed with Yorkshire humour… This is a story of sticky jam tarts, catching tadpoles in jars, torchlit conversations under the bedclothes, gossipy queues at the butcher's and hikes among the hedgerows under swallow-strewn skies.' The Telegraph'Never worry what the neighbours think' was the philosophy that Kenneth Hockney used to inspire...
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The Feminist Press brings back into print a literary gem. And the Bridge Is Love is a timeless collection of life stories about growing up in a Jewish family in Detroit during the Depression and becoming a writer in Washington, DC. The essays range from one on a friend who is dying to a hilarious account of binge eating at a wedding. In between these two poles is a world both modern and old-fashioned, vivid, yet vanishing.
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Née en mars 1993, Delphine, de son nom de plume Pythna, est une jeune femme dotée d'une sensibilité à fleur de peau. Elle utilise l'écriture et la peinture comme exutoires. Elle aime peindre des tableaux que nous pourrions dire spirituels et symboliques. Diagnostiquée schizophrène par ses psychiatres, Pythna a écrit une autobiographie décrivant sa vie. Ce livre audio témoigne de cette maladie mal connue du public. Elle enchaînera sur des...
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Discover the story of Adélaïde Labille-Guiard-a long-ignored artist and feminist of eighteenth-century France-in this imaginative and illuminating biography from an award-winning writer.
Born in Paris in 1749, Adélaïde Labille-Guiard rose from shopkeeper's daughter to an official portraitist of the royal court-only to have her achievements reduced to ash by the French Revolution. While she defied societal barriers to become a member of the exclusive...
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Nous sommes tous la somme de nos rencontres. Après avoir eu un tête-à-tête avec Oprah Winfrey et Michelle Obama, Caroline vous dira que chaque personne qui a croisé votre route a eu un impact, souvent positif. Mais aussi que de certaines rencontres naissent des croyances et des blocages qui nous empêchent (sans le savoir) d'avancer. À travers une centaine de petites histoires personnelles, Caroline vous invite à la réflexion sur votre quête...
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From the legendary producer and author of The Kid Stays in the Picture-one of the greatest Hollywood memoirs ever written-comes a long-awaited second work with all the elements of a star-studded blockbuster: glamour and conflict, giddy highs and near-fatal lows, struggle and perseverance, tragedy and triumph.
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No Lifeguard on Duty is the ultimate memoir of sex, drugs, rock & roll, and redemption from modeling icon Janice Dickinson. From her supermodel glory days with Gia Carangi and Christie Brinkley to nights with Warren Beatty, Jack Nicholson, and Sylvester Stallone; from a dizzying drug and alcohol habit to three failed marriages; from cavorting around the globe to struggling to make it in Los Angeles as a working mom on America's Next Top Model and...
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