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The goal of this book is not merely a study of the past. It also raises questions about the goal of human life and its amazing creative potentialities. If these achievements of ancient or recent times were possible in the conditions of isolation and hostility by the surrounding world, what even greater achievements are possible in the future? Is there something in these geniuses’ lives and works that we can apply to our present dilemmas? It’s certainly worth taking a closer look at the greatest geniuses in all of history.

“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)

De profundis es una carta escrita por Oscar Wilde durante su reclusión en la prisión de Reading entre 1895 y 1897, dirigida a Lord Alfred Douglas, el joven con quien Wilde había tenido una relación amorosa y cuya influencia llevó a Wilde a su ruina social y económica.

Vincent van Gogh – weltweit bewunderter Begründer der modernen Malerei. Der Autor und Herausgeber Bert Alexander Petzold nimmt uns mit auf eine faktenreiche Kulturreise und erlutert verständlich, unterhaltsam und strukturiert Basiswissen zum niederländischen Maler Vincent van Gogh. Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890) wurde am 30. März 1853 in Groot-Zundert, Niederlande, als Sohn des Pfarrers Theodorus van Gogh und Anna Cornelia Carbentus geboren. Er wuchs in einer religiösen und kulturell interessierten Familie auf.

Rembrandt van Rijn – renommiertester Barockmaler des Goldenen Zeitalters Der Autor und Herausgeber Bert Alexander Petzold nimmt uns mit auf eine faktenreiche Kulturreise und erläutert verständlich, unterhaltsam und strukturiert Basiswissen zum niederländischen Maler Rembrandt van Rijn. Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606–1669) war einer der bedeutendsten Maler und Grafiker des Barock. Geboren am 15. Juli 1606 in Leiden als Sohn des Müllers Harmen van Rijn und Neeltgen Willemsdochter van Zuytbrouck, wuchs Rembrandt in einem wohlhabenden, bildungsbürgerlichen Umfeld auf.

Harry Truman and Pablo Picasso were contemporaries and were both shaped by and shapers of the great events of the twentieth century—the man who painted Guernica and the man who authorized the use of atomic bombs against civilians. But in most ways, they couldn’t have been more different. Picasso was a communist, and probably the only thing Truman hated more than communists was modern art. Picasso was an indifferent father, a womanizer, and a millionaire. Truman was utterly devoted to his family. How did they come to be shaking hands in front of Picasso’s studio in the south of France?

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.

В этой книге собраны тексты, которые были написаны рукой Исаака Ильича Левитана и тех, кто захотел сохранить свои воспоминания о нем. Задача этого издания — предложить читателю возможность погрузиться в мир одного из самых известных русских художников.

I have to preface this memoir of mine by telling you that the ONLY reason that I wrote it is because I just couldn't let this amazing story of mine simply fade away and go to my grave with me. It was way too good for that! I mean I'd lay in my bed here in Thailand and think about all of the unbelievable things that had occurred during this journey of mine, and that if I didn't share it with mankind, well, it just wouldn't be right, what can I say, so I took this thing on, and it ended up being the best decision of my life.

Перед вами — книга знаменитого цикла "Мастера и шедевры" заслуженного деятеля искусств РСФСР, писателя, просветителя, главного художника журнала "Огонёк" Игоря Долгополова о выдающихся мастерах изобразительного искусства. Благородный Ренессанс, вернувший человечеству античные идеалы, и изысканное, эмоциональное барокко открыли миру удивительных художников, настоящих гениев живописи.

Growing up in Seale, Alabama as a Black Queer kid, then attending the Rhode Island School of Design as an undergraduate, Jon Key hungered to see himself in the fields of Art and Design. But in lectures, critiques, and in the books he read, he struggled to see and learn about people who intersected with his identity or who GOT him. So he started asking himself questions: What did it mean to be a graphic designer with his point of view? What did it mean to be a Black graphic designer? A Queer graphic designer?

Cheryl D. Holmes-Miller is one of the design field's most respected figures. She is legendary for her decades of scholarship and activism and is known as a touchstone and conscience for the design profession. This long-awaited book documents the history of the question she has been asking for decades: “Where are the Black designers?” along with related questions that are urgent to the design profession: Where did they originate? Where have they been? Why haven't they been represented in design histories and canons?

Игорь Викторович Долгополов (1917–1991) — заслуженный деятель искусств РСФСР, искусствовед, писатель, просветитель, главный художник самого популярного в советское время журнала «Огонек». Ученик А. Дейнеки, он был личностью поистине масштаба Джорджо Вазари, человеком, всю жизнь создававшим единый образ мирового искусства. Его очерки о великих творцах, собранные позже в книги «Мастера и шедевры», при жизни автора печатались огромными тиражами.

Перекрестки авангарда — это книга-хроника из жизни семейной пары творцов русского авангарда, основоположников современного дизайна и фо-тоискусства: Александра Родченко и Варвары Степановой. Они работали со всеми, искусство составляло смысл их жизни, а их жизнь и была искусством. Выбраны 10 дней из более чем сорокалетней совместной жизни и творчества, 10 пересечений-перекрестков с различными видами искусства.

In Let’s Go Exploring, Michael Hingston mines the strip and traces the story of Calvin’s reclusive creator to demonstrate how imagination―its possibilities, its opportunities, and ultimately its limitations―helped make Calvin and Hobbes North America’s last great comic strip.

What is blurred vision? Is it merely a physical condition, or does it extend to matters of the heart? For Judy Kirby, author of a poignant collection of poems and writings spanning a decade, these questions have defined her life's journey. At the age of 20, Judy's path turned unexpectedly when she was diagnosed with Stargardt's Macular Degeneration. This condition gradually robbed her of the ability to see faces and navigate the world as she once did. The promising future ahead of her, including a college degree in computer programming and accounting, suddenly seemed uncertain

Marina Abramovic, Serbian concept artist and global art star: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise.

Peggy Guggenheim, American collector and art icon: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise.

Niki de Saint Phalle, French sculptress and art genius: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise.

Camille Claudel, tragic art genius from France: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise.