Artist Architect

Nace Diego de Silva y Velázquez en la ciudad de Sevilla el año de 1599. Su padre, Juan Rodríguez de Silva, es de ascendencia portuguesa y de familia noble. Su madre, Jerónima Velázquez, cuyo apellido va a perpetuarse en la historia de los pinceles, es de antigua familia sevillana. Desde muy joven siente Diego de Silva la llamada de la pintura, y acude a los talleres de los maestros sevillanos más competentes, como Herrera el Viejo, con quien se cree que estudió, aunque no hay pruebas documentales al efecto.

“A powerful memoir of one man’s struggle for freedom, 15 to Life tells in vivid prose the story of Anthony Papa, a painter and a casualty of the War on Drugs. This journey of a soul shows the power of art to transcend the violence of prison, and all that is possible when the human spirit refuses to be contained. Papa’s account should be required reading for New York lawmakers and all Americans who care about civil liberties.” (Sister Helen Prejean, author of Dead Man Walking)

Michael Jackson, the King of Pop, led an unusual but meaningful life. Through his lifetime, he sold millions of albums and his songs can be heard almost everywhere. Moreover, almost everyone knows at least one of his songs. Although there is no doubt that he is indeed extremely successful, he did not achieve it instantly. In fact, he also experienced struggles and obstacles along the way. Fortunately, he was able to overcome all of it, and his determination to be an outstanding artist never faded.

Salvador Dalì, Spanish painter and surrealist: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best.

Un viaggio appassionato e travolgente nella vita di ventuno personaggi straordinari, uomini e donne fuori dal comune per talento, fragilità, spregiudicatezza. Storie intense e incandescenti, raccontate con la maestria di chi sa andare oltre la superficie: storie che, se non facessero capo a eventi storici ben delineati, farebbero pensare al dominio del romanzo e della finzione, più che alla realtà. La tragica poesia di Marina Cvetaeva, la vita tormentata di Edgar Allan Poe, l'arte dirompente e oscura di Picasso, vampiro di anime.

Als Picasso 1947 den Friseur Eugénio Arias kennenlernt, entwickelt sich eine tiefe Beziehung zwischen ihnen. Vor allem ihre Überzeugung als Kommunisten verbindet die beiden Spanier im südfranzösischen Exil. Sie teilen aber auch ihre Liebe zum Stierkampf und einen spielerisch frechen Humor. "Picassos Friseur" erzählt von der ungewöhnlichen Freundschaft zweier außergewöhnlicher Männer und vom Menschen und treuen Kameraden hinter dem weltberühmten Maler.

Este ensayo le hace un seguimiento al artista Goya, un trayecto que se centra en algunas de sus obras, agregando el trasfondo de las mismas y aspectos puntuales de su vida. Eugenio D'ors nos llevará de la mano a lo largo del viaje, brindándonos su pensar y su sentir sobre cada una de las obras presentadas en este título, además de inmiscuirnos en la vida del artista. Sin una directriz establecida más que la vida de Goya, se puede disfrutar en su totalidad sin importar si has presenciado o no sus obras, asimismo puede sumergirte y servirte de guía al momento de querer contemplarlas en persona.

L`autore dei bestseller Steve Jobs, Einstein e Benjamin Franklin ritorna con un`accattivante biografia di Leonardo da Vinci, considerato uno degli individui di talento più diversificato che abbia mai vissuto. Come descrive Walter Isaacson, il genio di Leonardo era del tipo che possiamo capire e prendere lezioni da.

В книгу включены важнейшие сочинения Василия Кандинского: его первое теоретическое обоснование абстракционизма и эстетический манифест художника "О духовном в искусстве", автобиографические записки "Ступени", в которых художник рассказывает, почему он посвятил свою жизнь искусству, и фундаментальное исследование основ художественного языка "Точка и линия на плоскости". Также в издание вошли статьи по педагогике искусства.

More than 30 years ago, David Loftus' cherished identical twin, John, passed away. Ever since, a day hasn’t passed without David feeling the loss. Over the past year, David has spent an hour every day remembering John and recording his story by hand. Diary of a Lone Twin is the product of that daily ritual - a powerful and deeply personal account that covers everything from enchanting and charmingly evoked childhood vignettes to the acute loneliness and raw pain that followed John’s death.

In Look Again, Bailey describes growing up in working-class East London, where his dyslexia led to him being written off as stupid at school but his drive and ambition led to his meteoric rise as a photographer. He writes about life in '60s London and New York, his friendship with photographers Donovan and Duffy and annoying his rival Lord Snowdon. His love-life was always headline-worthy. He propelled his girlfriend, model Jean Shrimpton, to stardom - and was threatened with a shotgun by her father. When he married Catherine Deneuve, Mick Jagger was his best man.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir stands alongside Claude Monet at the very peak of Impressionist painting, and though neither of them can be credited with founding the movement (that honor likely goes to Edouard Manet or Edgar Degas), Renoir and Monet remain inextricably tied to the key characteristics of Impressionism: loose brushwork; outdoor painting; an emphasis on capturing natural light and shadow; and a focus on remaining in Paris and the surrounding countryside.

Смешные и грустные истории из жизни художников, перемежающиеся экскурсами в историю искусства и философскими рассуждениями о современном мире, удивительным образом "расшифровывают" культурные коды, лежащие в основе нашей реальности. Сложнейшие смыслы, накопленные искусством за долгие годы, в этой необычной книге как бы переведены на язык простого человеческого диалога. Какова природа искусства, какое место "художественное" занимает в нашей жизни, что такое современность, что будет с искусством завтра и зачем живут творцы - ответы на эти вопросы можно поискать вместе с автором.

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Paris, Frühling 1945. Eine junge Autorin, die als Marguerite Duras weltberühmt werden wird, wartet auf ihren Mann. Robert L. wurde als Mitglied der Résistance in ein deutsches Konzentrationslager verschleppt. Als er, den sie so sehnsüchtig herbeiwünscht, endlich eintrifft, ist er ihr nah und fremd zugleich. Die Liebe scheint verschwunden. Und der Schmerz bleibt. Mit faszinierender Klarheit beschreibt Duras das Martyrium des Wartens und Hoffens.

In Sometime a Clear Light: A Photographer's Journey Through Alaska, Nigeria, and Life, Aylette Jenness reflects on living with her husband and two small children in a tiny Yu'pik village in Alaska in the early 1960s, as well as the time they spent in Africa from 1966 to 1969, three of the most terrible years of the Nigerian Civil War (the Nigerian-Biafran War). It was a tumultuous time for Aylette as well, as she split from her husband, an anthropologist, who had been sent to Nigeria to study the resettlement driven by the construction of the Kainji Dam.

I’d like to take you on a journey through time and place. We’ll begin in an early 1970s seaside corner of Great Britain, joining a mixed-race kid with a dad-shaped gap on a search for identity. You’ll step into the ragged beauty, light, and shade of a painter’s life, the paradoxical world of martial arts, love, loss, and hedonism of the '90s, and a star-crossed musical voyage in a 21st-century Blake’s London. On we’ll go, to a final reckoning, then home for tea.

Ein leidenschaftlicher Kampf um Selbstbehauptung. Als Marie von der renommierten Berliner Ballettschule angenommen wird, ist sie überglücklich; das Sportinternat gilt als Kaderschmiede für junge Talente und auch sie strebt eine tänzerische Laufbahn an. Doch der Alltag ist ganz anders als erhofft und die Lehrer gängeln ihre Schützlinge von früh bis spät, insbesondere das Gewicht ist ein brisantes Dauerthema. Marie steht den gnadenlosen Drill bis zum Abschluss durch, droht aber schließlich an dem Erlebten zu zerbrechen. Will sie das vermeiden, muss sie für sich einstehen.

توسكانا، مسقط رأس ليوناردو هي مكان على الأرض، "تلتقي فيه الوداعة مع الرفعة والسمو" كما يقول ستندهال، هذه النوعية من الرفعة والسمو هي ما يسميها الإيطاليون "الحياة حلوة La Dolce Vita"، فلماذا تلك الرغبة بالتفكير على طريقة ليوناردو؟... إنها سبب عيش روعة الحياة، والتمتع بعاطفتها، في مجتمع حديث مليء بالضغوطات، يستوجب التفكير والتخطيط وإيجاد حلول لمشاكل لا عدّ لها ولا حصر.

By the long-time art critic of The Daily Telegraph, Warhol After Warhol tells the David-and-Goliath story of collector Joe Simon and his struggles with the [Andy] Warhol Authentication Board, a tale of power, corruption and lies, a Bad Blood for the art world.