Art Movements

Picasso’s work is famous. His art is intricate, yet bizarre. His personal life was filled with struggles, and his children weren’t any better off, creating substance abuse and suicidal headlines. Despite the dysfunctionality in his personal and family life, his artwork reflected something new and fresh. And in a variety of paintings, an underlying rebel message against totalitarian regimes. Having lived through many horrors of the Spanish war, as well as other 20th-century conflicts, the painter showed both style and morale in his works, and left a legacy studied by the masses.

Born in London, in 1889, Charlie Chaplin grew up in dire poverty. Both his parents were in show business, but severe alcoholism cut short his father's flourishing career, and his beloved mother first lost her voice, then lost her mind to syphilis. Charlie, at age seven, was committed to the Hanwell School for Orphans and Destitute Children. How then did this poor, lonely child become such an extraordinary comedian, known and celebrated worldwide? Chaplin cut his teeth in British music halls, but it was America that made him.

Do you struggle dealing with people to trigger desired action? Do you think you lack effective communication skills to convince people? If answer to any or all of the above answers is yes, then you are on the right place now. The Art of Manipulation in 2019 offers you a powerful framework to master powerful and practical ways to influence and control people’s behavior, negotiate better, make your pitch and manipulate others to get what you want.

Inside this book, you’ll uncover powerful lessons about leadership from two of history’s most incredible figures - the Chinese military strategist and author of The Art of War, Sun Tzu, and Italy’s famous Niccolò Machiavelli, the father of modern political thought. With lessons about leadership qualities, the science of deception, the power of knowledge, and much more, this comprehensive book arms you with the knowledge you need to take your leadership skills to the next level.

Claude Monet has been the icon for the impressionist movement. His family life wasn’t perfect, but despite all obstacles, the French genius painter has left us a legacy and a new perspective on realism and technique in their purest forms. In this guide, we’ll go over his youth, his style, his methods, his most famous paintings, and many of the reasons why he made the decisions he made.

We are all forced to deal with disagreeable people and those who ignore and dismiss facts without even understanding the ideas behind them. Those individuals who are all but impossible to convince and love nothing more than to complain and argue are a pain in all our sides. But what if you had the ability to subtly convert those individuals and influence their decisions?

Claude Monet is considered one of the most influential artists of all time. He is a founder of the French Impressionist art movement, and today his paintings sell for millions of dollars. While Monet was alive, however, his work was often criticized, and he struggled financially. This book unveils a true portrait of the artist!

Within a few years of its first issue in 1951, Jet, a pocket-sized magazine, became the "bible" for news of the civil rights movement. It was said, only half-jokingly, "If it wasn't in Jet, it didn't happen." Writing for the magazine and its glossy, big sister Ebony, for 53 years, longer than any other journalist, Washington bureau chief Simeon Booker was on the front lines of virtually every major event of the revolution that transformed America.

Postmodernism claims that "modernity", which grew from the Enlightenment to the Industrial Revolution and Marxism, has collapsed. We now live in an endlessly "contemporary" culture, a virtual world of "hyperreality" containing such strange phenomena as post-Holocaust amnesia, Disneyland, cyberspace, and Fukuyama's proclaimed "end of history".

Psychological Manipulation explains how to get others to say ‘‘yes’’ to your plans, enhance your charisma and personal impact, get a pay rise, and artfully and masterfully persuade, influence and down-right manipulate anyone or anything that gets in your way. Learn universal laws and mental hacks that get the best results out of yourself and others, and how to maximize your power of presence in order to effortlessly dominate and lead situations and interactions toward more desired outcomes.

If you want to find out all the secrets of dark psychology and stop being manipulated, then keep reading...Today we live in a difficult world and if you do not learn to become impenetrable mentally and at the same time understand who you are facing, you will struggle in everyday life. The solution is to learn advanced techniques to avoid mind manipulation thanks to dark psychology, and at the same time become a person who is able to read people.

Ser humano es un arte. No es una ciencia. Si fuera una ciencia, tendríamos definiciones aceptadas, teorías confirmadas, respuestas unívocas, protocolos y manuales para la vida. Pero no los tenemos. Ser humano es un arte. Un arte que cada individuo—con todos los deseos, incertidumbres, dudas, miedos y derrotas que son inherentes a nuestra existencia—tiene que dominar. Sólo así podremos alcanzar nuestra humanidad, la cual nos permitirá vivir en la verdad, crear belleza, ser justos, tener compasión.

Henry David Thoreau was an American writer and philosopher who lived in the 19th century. He is best known for his work Walden, a reflection on simple living in natural surroundings. Walden is Thoreau's account of his two-year experience living in a small cabin on the shores of Walden Pond near Concord, Massachusetts. In the book, he emphasizes the importance of living a simple, deliberate life and being self-sufficient. Thoreau's observations on the natural world and his critique of American society have made Walden a classic of American literature.

The foundations of the study of dark psychology are not modern. The models of classical comedy and tragedy during the height of the Greek Empire illustrate an understanding of this uniquely human capacity even during ancient times. The comedies and tragedies of ancient Greek theater were used as a means for society to experience catharsis - a collective exercise in which social bonding occurred by the creation and release of social tensions as a means of resolving societal conflicts.

This book hopes to provide a way to understand and assimilate the various techniques that are employed in the creative process. By providing a combination of theoretical and practical information about the process, the listener will be better equipped to make purposeful decisions when planning and creating their artwork, and also learn about editing photos in Photoshop.

A surreal, high-wire act of narrative nonfiction that redefines the genre, Avoid the Day is part detective story, part memoir, and part meditation on the meaning of life - all told with a dark pulse of existential horror. What emerges is an unforgettable study of mortality and the artist’s journey.

On October 5, 2017, the New York Times published an article by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey that helped change the world. For months Kantor and Twohey had been having confidential discussions with top actresses, former Weinstein employees and other sources, learning of disturbing, long-buried allegations. The journalists meticulously picked their way through a web of decades-old secret payouts and nondisclosure agreements, pressed some of the most famous women in the world to risk going on the record.

What if you could train your body to move with precision, power, and effortless flow—like a weapon honed for success? Kaizenesis is the key to transforming your movement, energy, and vitality, and it’s the missing link in your self-development journey. Once reserved only for elite martial artists, these techniques are now yours to command. With Kaizenesis, you’ll learn to tap into a deep well of inner power, turning your energy into a constant, unstoppable force. Train anytime. Anywhere. Your energy becomes a force that fuels not just you, but those around you. This isn’t just about...

Ikigai is a long-held Japanese philosophy that combines the art of enjoying life to its fullest and the science of living longer. Considered by many to be “the art of staying busy” or “the joy of having purpose,” this broad concept has been credited with helping people live longer, fuller lives. In Ikigai and the Art of Keeping Your Dreams Alive, Maya Thoresen explores the concept of ikigai and how you can apply it to your life.

Do you want to understand how psychological manipulation works? One of the most powerful tools used in today’s world is dark psychology. Almost all the powerful influencers the world has ever seen used it. If you are unaware of it, you stand the risk of it being used against you. So, it is time to rectify this problem quickly. In this audiobook, you will receive all the information you require about the various principles of dark psychology. Every section explains in detail a specific aspect of dark psychology and how you can use it.