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Weaving together fragments of artists’ stories across time and place, Philip Hoare embarks on a Sebaldian exploration of the enduring legacy of William Blake. A poet, painter and printmaker who was unappreciated and considered mad in his own time, Blake was eventually lauded as a key pillar of the Romantic movement. His posthumous influence reverberates endlessly, from the films of Derek Jarman to our ongoing fear of technological advancement.

Women artists face particular pressure to give up their artistic goals in favor of motherhood, supporting a partner, or finding economic stability. Throughout her 20s and 30s, Stephanie Elizondo Griest could not help worrying if constantly prioritizing her writing over everything else—from postponing children to living nomadically to save on rent—was leading her to fulfillment or regret. The year she turned 40, she turned to other women artists around the globe for answers.

From the New York Times bestselling author of Capote’s Women comes an astonishing account of the revolutionary artist Andy Warhol and his scandalous relationships with the ten women he deemed his “Superstars”.

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.

Conoce la vida del afamado actor, cantante, productor y reconocido artista plástico, Fernando Allende. Una vida llena de interesantes movimientos y extraordinarias jugadas de la energía suprema que lo ha guiado siempre. Descubre la historia que hay detrás de cada papel asignado, de cada logro alcanzado, de cada batalla ganada, en cuarenta y cinco relatos breves llenos de la magia del vivir. Hoy, él celebra su trayectoria con la reedición de sus anecdóticas memorias llenas de gracia.

Alice Carrière tells the story of her unconventional upbringing in Greenwich Village as the daughter of a remote mother, the renowned artist Jennifer Bartlett, and a charismatic father, European actor Mathieu Carrière. From an early age, Alice is forced to navigate her mother’s recovered memories of ritualized sexual abuse, which she turns into art, and her father’s confusing attentions—her childhood is spent in an adult’s world, with little-to-no boundaries or supervision.

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.

In less than a decade, the prodigious painter Jean-Michel Basquiat went from a teenage graffiti artist to an international art star at the peak of the heady, excessive 1980s art boom. A legend in his own lifetime, Basquiat was a fixture of the downtown scene, full of rock music, couture fashion, outrageous art, and heady drugs. Along the way, Basquiat was involved with several of the time's most infamous personalities, from Keith Haring and Andy Warhol to his brief romantic fling with Madonna.

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.

Many people try to describe their experience when “in the zone” or “in the flow” during the creative process. Some claim that a Greater Power or Divine Guidance assisted them. But, what is this state of consciousness, and how do we replicate it? In search of answers, writer and painter Christopher J. Miller took the suggestion of one of his art mentors to watch and chronicle his creative process.

Massimo Troisi rivive in questo libro nel suo fascino esuberante, nella sua erotica bellezza partenopea capace di un'empatia spontanea con chiunque incontrasse. Attore-autore irriverente e scanzonato, la sua simpatia ha accompagnato la ricerca di una personale solitudine, rifugio dalla malattia e dai dolori famigliari che ne hanno segnato la sensibilità.

During his lifetime, Buckminster Fuller was hailed as one of the greatest geniuses of the twentieth century. As the architectural designer and futurist best known for the geodesic dome, he enthralled a vast popular audience, inspired devotion from both the counterculture and the establishment, and was praised as a modern Leonardo da Vinci. To his admirers, he exemplified what one man could accomplish by approaching urgent design problems using a radically unconventional set of strategies, which he based on a mystical conception of the universe’s geometry.

La red infinita retrata, en primera persona, a una mente artística única, atormentada por miedos y obsesiones, pero decidida a alcanzar y mantener su posición al frente de la vanguardia artística mundial. Pintora inconformista, Kusama canaliza sus neurosis obsesivas en un arte que trasciende las barreras culturales.Una vez llegada desde Japón a Nueva York, vive los primeros tiempos en la pobreza, pero pronto se convierte en la reina de la escena artística contracultural, y llega a codearse con artistas como Georgia O'Keeffe o Andy Warhol.

Il primo incontro con Fellini avviene sul set di 8½, dove la madre di Marina, Caterina Boratto, è stata presa per interpretare la Signora Misteriosa, ruolo che segna il suo ritorno alle scene dopo un lungo periodo di assenza. Subito tra la sedicenne Marina e il regista scatta un’affinità. Benché sia per natura diffidente con gli altri, e ancor più verso una personalità istrionica e sfuggente come quella di Fellini, Marina si lascia affascinare dal mondo del cinema e prende a frequentare il Teatro 5 di Cinecittà.

¿Cómo logró el hijo de unos pobres inmigrantes eslovacos, criado en Pittsburgh, convertirse en el artista más famoso de su generación? ¿De qué manera pasó de ser un niño enfermizo, víctima del acoso de sus compañeros de clase, a erigirse en padre del pop art? ¿Es Warhol un genio del arte contemporáneo?

Anne-Marie fra Paris er 13 år gammel og træt af at gå i skole. Men da der kommer en ny pige i hendes klasse - en mystisk og dragende flygtning fra det fjerne Østen - begynder et nyt livskapitel. Foranlediget af den nye og fremmelige pige vækkes generte Anne-Maries interesse for drenge og romantik. Og da hun året efter bliver færdig med skolen og kommer i lære som husassistent, opsøger hun enhver mulighed for at udforske den nye interesse.

Hvad vil det sige at være en af verdens største kunstnere? Hvad var det ved Edvard Munch, der skilte sig ud fra andre kunstnere på samme tid, og som gør, at vi stadig ser på hans kunst og taler om den? Karl Ove Knausgård nærmer sig Munchs billeder i et forsøg på at finde ud af, hvad der stod på spil i dem, og på hvilke måder de lever videre. Han opsøger steder, hvor Munch har været, og taler om Munch med kunstnere og kunstkendere. Men først og fremmest skriver han om sit eget forhold til Munch.

Den danske skagensmaler Anna Ancher deler ud af sine barndomsminder fra Skagen. I modsætning til resten af første generation af skagensmalere var Anna Ancher født og opvokset i Skagen, og hendes fortælling byder blandt andet på historien om, da selveste H.C. Andersen kom på uanmeldt besøg i hendes barndomshjem.