Titres dans Artistes, architectes et photographes

While the majority of scholarship on early Washington focuses on its political and physical development, in Incidental Architect Gordon S. Brown describes the intellectual and social scene of the late 1700s through the lives of a prominent couple whose cultural aspirations served as both model and mirror for the city’s own.

A rollicking account of a celebrated artist’s coming of age, full of outrageously bad behavior, naked ambition, fantastically good music, and evaporating barriers of taste and decorum, and featuring cameos from David Bowie, Andy Warhol, Patti Smith, and many more. “A phantasmagoria of...

Here is Jon Krakauer’s portrait of the iconoclastic architect Christopher Alexander, whose revolutionary human-centered approach has shaken the foundations of modern architecture. Krakauer delves into Alexander’s life and career, from his theories on a timeless “pattern language” that...

Ficción dramática que presenta a Edith Stein en su tremenda trayectoria de vida que resume las características esenciales de la máxima tragedia del Siglo XX: el nazismo.

The Covenant describes the multiple suicide attempts of the author, and the events that built up to this. It is a transparent unveiling of a world of childhood molestation and rape, and the aftermath of these. It is a journey from chaos and pain to salvation and hope.

Schon als kleines Mädchen verliebt sich Ulla Lohmann in die Vulkane der Welt und nimmt sich vor, sie alle zu sehen, zu erforschen, zu fotografieren, zu verstehen. Bis dorthin ist es ein weiter Weg, doch Rückschläge und persönliche Niederlagen können sie nicht daran hindern, ihr Ziel zu erreichen. Ein Hörbuch über die ganz großen Träume und darüber, dass es manchmal nur einen Gedanken braucht, um sie wahrzumachen: "Ich mach das jetzt!"

Book five in my memoirs. A love story, a story of art and music. A modern fairy tale. Glasgow and Scotland - my family saga over a couple of hundred years.

Creativity is in our bones. It is found in our very DNA, something not known to Leonardo da Vinci or anyone else who lived in his day and time. All he did was to uncover the hidden genius which lay within himself, and he used that inner genius to the very best of his abilities. Leonardo da Vinci is best known for some of the world's most masterful paintings, but he was so much more than merely another artist with paints and brushes. Born to a peasant woman in 1452, Leonardo would go on to astound the world he lived in with his artistry and his inventions.

When 8-year-old Lou Del Bianco finds out that his Grandpa Luigi was the Chief Carver on Mount Rushmore, his young life is instantly changed. Follow Lou's journey as he and his Uncle Caesar make the painful discovery that Luigi is not even mentioned in the most definitive book on Rushmore. Cheer them on as you hear the historic documents they unearth from the Library of Congress that not only tell Luigi's story but also prove his great importance. Finally, ride the roller-coaster of the 25 year journey to get Luigi the recognition he deserves. Out of Rushmore's Shadow is the dramatic and touching story of Luigi's legacy and the immigrant's struggle.

Paralelamente à realização do I Festival de Música Brasileira, pela TV Excelsior em 1965, a TV Record preparava a estreia de um inovador programa que revolucionaria a história da música e da televisão. Apresentado pela irreverente dupla Elis Regina e Jair Rodrigues, o programa foi responsável por impulsionar a carreira profissional de vários artistas....

Controverso, rivoluzionario, emozionante, sorprendente... È impossibile elencare tutti gli aggettivi che potrebbero descrivere la figura di Michelangelo Merisi detto il Caravaggio. Non basterebbe lo spazio. Eppure, in poco meno di vent'anni anni di carriera artistica, Caravaggio ha lasciato un segno indelebile nella storia dell'arte mondiale. Ha emozionato i suoi contemporanei del XVI secolo, così come ogni suo quadro lascia a bocca aperta ancora oggi tutti noi.

John James Audubon's The Birds of America stands as an unparalleled achievement in American art. With that work, Audubon became one of the most adulated artists of his time, and America's first celebrity scientist. A self-made man incessantly striving to secure his place in American society, Audubon made himself into a skilled painter, a successful entrepreneur, and a prolific writer, whose words went well beyond birds and scientific description.

Sie hat die Grenzen der Kunst gesprengt: sich gepeitscht, mit einer Glasscherbe ein Pentagramm in den Bauch geritzt, ein Messer in die Finger gerammt. Sie ist 2500 Kilometer auf der Chinesischen Mauer gegangen, zwölf Jahre in einem umgebauten Citroën-Bus durch die Welt gefahren und hat ein Jahr bei den Aborigines in Australien gelebt. Spätestens seit "The Artist is Present" - ihrer berühmten Performance 2010 im New Yorker Museum of Modern Art - gilt Marina Abramović in der ganzen Welt als Kultfigur.

Hope you enjoy listening to my books, my memoirs, most of all my story. Like the man said, "No told me they would be days like these." A story of the rock and roll world, of the fashion world, of being an author from a children's home to Beverley Hills. My family and Glasgow, history from mental ward to Harley Street. People often ask how do you write with all the rings on your fingers, and l say very well, indeed, thinking of buying a Rolls and limo.

An intimate biography of Richard Avedon, the legendary fashion and portrait photographer who “helped define America’s image of style, beauty and culture” (The New York Times) by his longtime collaborator and business partner Norma Stevens and award-winning author Steven M. L. Aronson...

Die Malerin Ludovike Simanowiz wuchs in Ludwigsburg gemeinsam mit Friedrich Schiller und dessen Schwestern auf. Insbesondere mit Christophine verband sie immer eine gute Freundschaft. Obwohl es nicht die gesellschaftliche Norm war, schlug die junge Frau eine künstlerische Laufbahn ein. Durch ihre Heirat musste Ludovike zwischen der Kunst und ihrer Ehe balancieren und einige schwierige Zeiten meistern.

Lucky in Cyprus is a coming-of-age story set in the Middle East during the height of the Cold War. An American teenager - son of a CIA operative - is inspired by grand events and a Greek Cypriot teacher to learn about survival and his art. He witnesses earthquakes and riots and terrorist attacks, but in the end it is his teacher's gentle lessons that keep him whole.

My story of rock and roll, of the fashion world, of being an author; a family and Scottish story from the garden center to being an author....

A good day, and hope you all had a good day. My story and memoirs and diary, a story of rock and roll and the fashion world and being an author a family and a Scottish story

Walt Kelly (1913-1973) is one of the most respected and innovative American cartoonists of the twentieth century. His long-running Pogo newspaper strip has been cited by modern comics artists and scholars as one of the best ever. Cartoonists Bill Watterson ( Calvin and Hobbes), Jeff Smith ( Bone), and Frank Cho ( Liberty Meadows) have all cited Kelly as a major influence on their work. We Go Pogo is the first comprehensive study of Kelly's cartoon art and his larger career in the comics business.