Che cosa vuol dire creare? Cosa è un'opera d'arte? Cos'è la musica? Il processo creativo è spiegabile? Vera e propria icona dell'industria musicale, Rubin è noto per tirare fuori il meglio dagli artisti con cui lavora grazie alla sua capacità di sviluppare un rapporto di fiducia reciproca che porta i musicisti ad accedere alle più profonde sorgenti della loro fonte creativa e scoprire la musica che desiderano fare. L'atto creativo è il distillato di Rick - sette anni di lavoro - e dei principi della creatività e qui troviamo non solo la summa totale delle sue osservazioni artistiche ma anche la sua visione rivelatrice del misterioso processo di rendere grandi le cose. Un pensatore visionario, Rick ha detto che voleva "scrivere un libro su cosa fare per realizzare una grande opera d'arte. Invece, si è rivelato un libro su come Essere".

L'atto creativo

This second volume of the "The Fashion design process” series concentrates on tools for fashion drawing. Learn to draw your fashion creations by understanding the human body and how to stylize it through sketches. Each person will find a way to express his or her creativity by using basic drawing skills for women’s, men’s and children’s fashions. Imagine different poses and figures drawing to express techniques as a basis for drawing flat garments. Learn the vocabulary, shapes and details of the three clothing sectors. ABOUT THE AUTHORS Sylvie Fagegaltier graduated from ESMOD Paris in 1987, she has been persuing a fashion design, product manager and collection organizer carrer for 14 years before she joined ESMOD in 2001 as a teacher. Since decembre 2013, she heads ESMOD Bordeaux where she also handles the developpement and communication of her school. Since she graduated from ESMOD in 1981 in fashion design and pattern drafting Isabelle Gonnet share her knowledge with the new generaiton teaching fashion drawing and design.

The fashion design process

Fashion Drawings

An L.A. Theatre Works commissioned adaptation of the classic Agatha Christie "whodunit." Adapted from the novel by Kate McAll. In Christie's clever and beautifully crafted tale, Detective Hercule Poirot receives an urgent letter from Paul Renauld summoning him to France. Upon their arrival, Poirot and his companion, Arthur Hastings, find they are too late. Plus, to complicate things further, certain facts just don't add up. Original Music by John Biddle. Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood, in April 2021. Director: Anna Lyse Erikson Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg An L.A. Theatre Works Full-Cast Performance Featuring: Edita Brychta as Madame Renauld and Francoise Kevin Daniels as Detective Giraud Anna Lyse Erikson as Leonie Simon Helberg as Captain Hastings Adhir Kalyan as Jack Renauld Alfred Molina as Hercule Poirot Darren Richardson as Sergeant, Doctor, and others Jocelyn Towne as Cinderella and Marthe Daubreuil Joanne Whalley as Madame Daubreuil Matthew Wolf as Monsieur Hautet Senior Producer: Anna Lyse Erikson Prepared for Audio by: Mark Holden Sound Designers: Andrea Allmond, Charles Carroll Recording Engineer: Neil Wogensen Editor and Mixer: Charles Carroll for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood Senior Radio Producer: Ronn Lipkin Foley Artist: Jeff Gardner

The Murder on the Links

Jeremiah "Jerry" P. Thomas is considered the father of American mixology. In 1851, at the age of 21, he opened his first bar below Barnum's American Museum in New York City. After that he worked as the head bartender at hotels and bars throughout the US, he also visited Europe. Jerry Thomas was well known for his showmanship and fancy style of mixing cocktails. At some point he was among the most famous citizens of New York City. In 1862 Jerry Thomas finished his work "Bar-Tender's Guide", probably the first book of its kind ever published in the US. It contained a collection of traditional recipes as well as some of his own creations. The present book is a reprint of the updated edition of the Bar-Tender's Guide which has been published in 1887, two years after his early death.

The Bartender's Guide 1887

IT is related of Archbishop Benson that when he first made acquaintance with London society he asked in his bewilderment: "What do these people believe?" If he were alive to-day he would suffer a like astonishment, but his question would rather take the form: "What don't these people believe?" So strange is the welter of creeds and sects, of religions and irreligious, moralists and immoralists, mystics, rationalists, and realists, and even Christians, that it is hard to guess what nostrum may be dominant with your nextdoor neighbour. It may be a dietetic evangel, it may be an atheistic apocalypse. One phenomenon, not the least notable of our day, is the rejection by large numbers of all the values, which even in the broadest sense could be called Christian. It is not of Christianity as a creed, but Christianity as a way that I speak...

The Gospel of Nietzsche

WHAT'S in a name? asks Shakespeare. The answer, when the name is such as Rothschild, is not difficult. There is a volume of meaning in its mere sound. It is a name which conjures up in the imagination visions of untold wealth and unrivalled power, which appear so startling and amazing as to be more appropriate to romance than real life. It has become a household word synonymous with unbounded riches, and is as familiar to the ears of the struggling artisan as to those of the banker or trader. No name has, indeed, been so prominently before the public during the last sixty years or more, as that of this great financial firm. Its origin was so shrouded in humble obscurity, and the rapidity with which it sprang forward to prosperity and fame was alike so extraordinary and so remarkable, that the public gaze has been kept by a species of fascination upon the movements of the well-known financiers. From one corner of the world to the other the success of the Rothschilds has been the subject of universal wonder and envy. When we recollect the poor beginnings of this eminent firm, and contrast them with the exalted position it now holds, there is good reason to be surprised. History does not record another instance of such unparalleled success, of such immense fortunes won in such a short time by sheer force of intellect rising superior to all adverse circumstances...

The Rothschilds

"Can you recommend a book for my daughter so that I know she's doing the exercises properly when she practices at home?" During my years as trainer, I've often encountered parents and young dancers looking for a book that teaches them how to do the splits. Now I can recommend this book to everyone. It's a great reference book with lots of illustrations and easy to understand explanations." Petra Lahnstein The splits fascinate dancers, athletes and their audiences. That's why they are still an indispensable element of many sport disciplines. "Learning the Splits" is a practical book that shows anyone who is interested how to do the splits.

Learning the Splits

This volume presents seven series of works by the pioneering artist Hilma af Klint. They were all created in the first half of the year 1920 and are the last paintings af Klint made before turning to watercolour and adopting a recognisable style of painting taught by Rudolf Steiner and his disciples. The anthology is based on a seminar held at the Goethe-Institut London in conjunction with the exhibition Hilma af Klint: Painting the Unseen, which took place at the Serpentine Galleries during the spring of 2016.

Hilma af Klint

This book includes a collection of essays on the poetry of Thomas Merton (1915-1968), one of the most relevant spiritual masters of the twentieth century. These scholarly inquiries are all glimpses which accurately represent his poetics of dissolution?the dissolution of the old corrupt world in favour of an apocalyptic vision of a new world.

BIBLIOTECA JAVIER COY D'ESTUDIS NORD-AMERICANS

Thomas Merton's Poetics of Self-Dissolution

Jimmy Porter barely ekes out a living running a candy stall by day and playing jazz trumpet by night. Although he usually takes his frustrations out on his emotionless wife, Jimmy's scathing tongue and self-loathing seems destined to destroy everything. Set in the UK at the dawn of the 60's social unrest, John Osborne's savage morality tale spawned the phrase "angry young man." An L.A. Theatre Works full cast performance featuring: Steven Brand as Cliff Moira Quirk as Alison Simon Templeman as Jimmy James Warwick as Colonel Redhorn Joanne Whalley as Helena Original music performed by Elliott Caine on the trumpet. Includes an interview with Dan Rebellato, author of 1956 and All That: The Making of Modern British Drama. Directed by Rosalind Ayres. Recorded in Los Angeles before a live audience at The James Bridges Theater, UCLA in March of 2012.

Look Back in Anger

William Shakespeare, long hailed as history's greatest dramatic writer, has been lauded for his mastery of poetic expression, his insight into the human condition and his deep exploration into the psyche and motivations of his characters. These skills are perhaps best encapsulated in the monologues he gives his various protagonists, villains and bit players. From the ambitious Scottish general Macbeth contemplating the assassination of his sovereign king to the saintly Joan of Arc from "Henry VI" inspiring soldiers to follow her into battle, to Richard III's evil and traitorous plotting, to the mischievous sprite Puck from "A Midsummer Night's Dream" celebrating his bewitching of the Fairy Queen, Shakespeare's monologues are short distillations of his larger themes - love and loss, fairness and inequity, power and envy, lust and purity. Fort Raphael Publishing is proud to present, in this first volume, some of Shakespeare's greatest monologues, each of which captures a shining, brilliant moment from his plays that gives us a deeper understanding of each character, whether flattering, damning or inspiring.Enjoy this collection of monologues from the greatest theatrical writer in the English language - William Shakespeare.

Shakespeare's Greatest Monologues

How much would you pay for a painting with nothing on it? Would it be "art"? Marc's best friend Serge has just bought a very expensive-and very white-painting. To Marc, it is a joke, and as battle lines are drawn, old friends use the painting to settle scores. With friendships hanging in the balance, the question becomes: how much is a work of "art" worth? Yasmina Reza's Art won a Tony Award® for Best Play and an Oliver Award for Best Comedy. Translated by Christopher Hampton. An L.A. Theatre Works full cast performance featuring: Bob Balaban as Serge Brian Cox as Marc Jeff Perry as Yvan Original music composed by Laura Karpman and Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum. Includes interviews with actors Bob Balaban and Brian Cox, and translator Christopher Hampton. Directed by Peter Levin. Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles in April of 2009.

For mainstream Political Science, ‘popular culture’ is still no longer considered worthy of serious investigation. Similarly, the concept of the use of films as a pedagogical device has remained on the margins. Nevertheless, movies may be a treasured way of teaching college college students about politics and international politics especially. This paper identifies four wonderful ways of using movies as a teaching tool: the first approach uses movie to portray historical events along with the Cold War, and the second makes use of movie to debate unique problems in worldwide politics which includes terrorism or genocide.

Politics in Cinema

Independent and spirited Bathsheba Everdene has come to Weatherbury to take up her position as a farmer on the largest estate in the area. Her bold presence draws three very different suitors: the gentleman-farmer Boldwood, soldier-seducer Sergeant Troy and the devoted shepherd Gabriel Oak. Each, in contrasting ways, unsettles her decisions and complicates her life, and tragedy ensues, threatening the stability of the whole community. The first of his works set in Wessex, Hardy's novel of swift passion and slow courtship is imbued with his evocative descriptions of rural life and landscapes, and with unflinching honesty about sexual relationships.

Far From the Madding Crowd

William Shakespeare, long hailed as the history's greatest dramatic writer, has been lauded for his mastery of poetic expression, his insight into the human condition and his deep exploration into the psyche and motivations of his characters. These skills are perhaps best encapsulated in the monologues he gives his various protagonists, villains and bit players. From the murderous Lady Macbeth, planning to assassinate the king to advance her husband's career, to the droll, melancholy Jacques from "As You Like It" ticking off the Seven Ages of Man, to Edmund the Bastard in "King Lear," bemoaning his second class status as an illegitimate child to the young lover Helena, railing against the seeming cruelty of her bewitched friends in "A Midsummer Night's Dream," Shakespeare's monologues are short distillations of his larger themes - love and loss, fairness and inequity, power and envy, lust and purity. Fort Raphael Publishing is proud to present, in this first volume, some of Shakespeare's greatest monologues, each of which captures a shining, brilliant moment from his plays that gives us a deeper understanding of each character, whether flattering, damning or inspiring. Enjoy this collection of monologues - performed by some of the finest classical actors in the world - from the greatest theatrical writer in the English language, William Shakespeare.

In the Fall of 2013, the School of Arts and Culture in California debuted a new course—Hiphop Theatre. The students were surprised to find parallels between modern Hiphop music and classic theatre plays by William Shakespeare. Rap and Hiphop music, just like any other music, is a form of art. It is also the go-to form of expression for the marginalized members of our society. "The Milkcrate Monologues" is an exercise in expertly blending Hiphop and theatre, turning the trademark milkcrate of vinyl records on its head and converting it to a platform for young people to find their own voices. This book contains a set of Hiphop monologues for theatre written by recording artist, performer, and producer, Ron Johnson Jr., known in the music scene as PHILASIFER. The powerful monologues are meant for auditions, arts education, and performance, giving actors an understanding of the themes, emotion, circumstance, and vibes that create Hiphop. The flexibility of these speeches is that they can be done solo or with a few actors. This gives dramatists and performers alike the opportunity to incorporate vignettes and push the envelope theatrically. Conversely, that flexibility also creates the opportunity to be performed as stand-alone pieces. The "The Milkcrate Monologues" are all about the WORD and the experience that is Hiphop culture. However they are practiced or performed, their ultimate goal is to move past the concept of rap in theatre, instead, creating something all its own.

Milkcrate Monologues

Feng Shui is an ancient Chinese practice that has been around for thousands of years. And which involves art and science. The practice relies on the laws of heaven and earth to help people balance their energies or chi within a space, to help them become and stay healthy and to receive good fortune.

Feng Shui

Paul Hollywood is without doubt the man of the moment in British baking. His luxurious dough recipes have been single-handedly responsible for the mass ignition of ovens across the UK since the advent of The Great British Bake Off. Admired for his straight-talking style and amazing technical knowledge, Paul’s judging partnership with Mary Berry has been described as one of television’s best ever.Having suffered a rocky period in the USA - both professionally and personally - Hollywood is now back in England, once again enjoying the astounding success of The Great British Bake Off and his own touring shows. What’s more, with his marriage fully reconciled and his wife Alexandra enjoying cooking success of her own, the sky truly is the limit for Paul Hollywood.But then, he was always destined for great things. Descended from a line of illustrious bakers, Hollywood originally trained as a sculptor, giving him the deftly skilful hands his viewers delight in watching. From kneading dough as a 17-year-old apprentice to his father to working as head baker at the prestigious Dorchester Hotel, his professional career is legendary.For the first time, this compelling biography sheds light on the man behind the counter, from his youth on Merseyside to the sunny climes of Cyprus and beyond. Journalist A S Dagnell delves deep into Paul Hollywood’s story and charts the ingredients that have shaped this enigmatic character into the dazzlingly talented king of British baking.

Paul Hollywood - The Biography

Three Stories and Ten Poems is a collection of short stories and poems by Ernest Hemingway. It was privately published in 1923 in a run of only three hundred copies. While not as well known as Hemingway’s later works (For Whom the Bell Tolls, The Old Man and the Sea, etc.) the three stories show the early development of Hemingway’s writing techniques. 

Three Stories and Ten Poems

Arthur Fairbanks (1864-1944) was an American art historian, archaeologist and a great scholar of classical literature and mythology. From 1908 to 1925, he was director of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Fairbanks was born November 13, 1864, in Hanover, New Hampshire. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1886 and attended the Yale Divinity School and the Union Theological Seminary. He also studied in Germany, receiving a Ph.D. from the University of Freiburg in 1890. He was on the faculty of Dartmouth College and Yale and Cornell Universities until 1900, when he became professor of Greek literature and Archaeology at the University of Iowa. In 1906, he was appointed professor of Greek and Greek Archaeology in the University of Michigan. He was appointed curator of Classical Art at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts in 1907, and in 1908 became director there. He supervised the museum's move to its current Fenway location. He retired in 1925. He was a member of many classical and learned societies. He died January 13, 1944, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Fairbanks was the author of important essays, including Introduction to Sociology (1896), The Mythology of Greece and Rome (1907), Handbook of Greek Religion (1910), and Greek Gods and Heroes (1915). The Fairbanks’ essay Aristophanes as a Student of Society, which today we propose to modern readers, was published in 1903 in The American Journal of Sociology. It is, undoubtedly, one of the best studies that have been written on the figure of Aristophanes, his personality and his works.

Aristophanes as a Student of Society

The legendary medieval tapestry The Lady and the Unicorn is Sutherland Lyall’s starting point for this journey into the world of mythology and mystery which has been woven around the myth of the unicorn and the lady. We learn that the unicorn is the symbol for power and the lady may be mother, mistress or virgin. With an abundant collection of documents form a number of international museums, Lyall’s writing is an exciting exploration, a lively new examination, of old subjects. Who knows - perhaps he has finally sloved the mystery of The Lady and the Unicorn!

The Lady and The Unicorn

* Would you like to use nature & painting to help you develop? * Would you like to be a better listener to your inner voice? * Do you dream of a more meaningful daily life? It is not always easy to figure out what we seek. We have some convictions, but if we dare listen to our inner voice, it often says something else. With Mindful Painting you use nature & painting as eye-openers for your personal development & are led on to the right path, the path related to the life you dream of within yourself. When you express yourself through picture language, you open a new dimension in yourself & gain new insights that can be hard to catch if you only think rationally. Mindful Painting sharpens your focus on the feelings that surface while you paint. The key to renewed energy & transformation lies in the connection/coupling between your picture & your emotional reaction to it. You will often experience relief & release, a clearer idea of the direction your life should take. In Mindful Painting - find the courage to follow your inner voice you will learn about Mindful Painting, & be guided through the main processes & techniques that will enable you to work with the method. Moreover, Anne Grethe Pind describes her own personal journey & the ways she has used nature & painting to navigate in life & make the best decisions by listening to her inner voice. Her journey & the examples of others' painting processes will inspire you to explore what lies in your own painting, so you can move on to a daily life full of enthusiasm & meaning.

Mindful Painting

In his works, Hopper poetically expressed the solitude of man confronted to the American way of life as it developed in the 1920s. Inspired by the movies and particularly by the various camera angles and attitudes of characters, his paintings expose the alienation of mass culture. Created using cold colours and inhabited by anonymous characters, Hopper’s paintings also symbolically reflect the Great Depression. Through a series of different reproductions (etchings, watercolours, and oil-on-canvas paintings), as well as thematic and artistic analysis, the author sheds new light on the enigmatic and tortured world of this outstanding figure.

Edward Hopper

In the iconic tragedy 'Romeo & Juliet' by William Shakespeare, the reader is transported to Verona where two young star-crossed lovers, Romeo and Juliet, face the challenges of their feuding families. Written in the late 16th century, this play is a timeless exploration of love, fate, and the consequences of impulsive decisions. Shakespeare's use of poetic language and dramatic irony creates a captivating narrative that continues to resonate with audiences today. The themes of love and tragedy are expertly woven together, making 'Romeo & Juliet' a classic piece of literature that has stood the test of time. The play's dialogue is rich with emotion and depth, reinforcing Shakespeare's reputation as a master storyteller. The exquisite imagery and poignant symbolism further enhance the reader's experience, solidifying its status as a literary masterpiece.

ROMEO & JULIET

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Welcome to the Essays collection. A special selection of the nonfiction prose from influential and noteworthy authors. This book brings 22 of best essays of Virginia Woolf, across a wide range of subjects, including writing, feminism, Jane Austen, literature, poetry and many more topics.Virginia Woolf was an english writer known for her novels, essays and book reviews. Her fiction and ideas about literature, feminism and art, altered the course of literature. Many of her most relevant works were published by Tacet Books.The book contains the following texts:- Introduction by Edmund Gosse- The Modern Essay- A Room of One's Own- Modern Fiction- How Should One Read A Book?- How It Strikes a Contemporary- Craftsmanship- The Art of Biography- Why?- The Death of the Moth- The Humane Art- The Man at the Gate- The Novels of E. M. Forster- A Letter to a Young Poet- Jane Austen- Joseph Conrad- The Russian Point Of View- "Jane Eyre" And "Wuthering Heights"- George Eliot- American Fiction- The Art Of Fiction- On Re-Reading Novels- The Artist And Politics

Essays

Virginia Woolf - Essays

Alan Rickman discusses playing Jaques in Shakespeare's As You Like It, in this ebook taken from Shakespeare On Stage: Volume 2 - Twelve Leading Actors on Twelve Key Roles. In each volume of the Shakespeare On Stage series, a leading actor takes us behind the scenes of a landmark Shakespearean production, recreating in detail their memorable performance in a major role. They lead us through the choices they made in rehearsal, and how the character works in performance, shedding new light on some of the most challenging roles in the canon. The result is a series of individual masterclasses that will be invaluable for other actors and directors, as well as students of Shakespeare – and fascinating for audiences of the plays. In this volume, Alan Rickman re-evaluates the melancholic Jaques, a role he played in the Royal Shakespeare Company's 1985 production of As You Like It directed by Adrian Noble. This interview, together with the others in the series (with actors such as Ian McKellen, Simon Russell Beale, Patrick Stewart and Harriet Walter), is also available in the collection Shakespeare On Stage: Volume 2 - Twelve Leading Actors on Twelve Key Roles by Julian Curry, with a foreword by Nicholas Hytner.

Shakespeare On Stage

Alan Rickman on Jaques

Two must-have classics together in one volume, On Writing Well and How to Write a Memoir, from acclaimed writer, editor, and scholar William Zinsser ""On Writing Well is a bible for a generation of writers looking for clues to clean, compelling prose."" –New York Times On Writing Well, which grew out of a course that William Zinsser taught at Yale, has been praised for its sound advice, its clarity, and for the warmth of its style. It is a book for anybody who wants to learn how to write or who needs to do some writing to get through the day, as almost everybody does. Whether you want to write about people or places, science and technology, business, sports, the arts, or about yourself in the increasingly popular memoir genre, On Writing Well offers you both fundamental principles as well as the insights of a distinguished practitioner. With over a million copies in print, this volume has stood the test of time and remains a valued resource for writers and would-be writers. Whether you're a professional writer or just want to write a personal or family reminisce, Zinsser explains, in warm anecdotal detail in How to Write a Memoir, how a memoir is different from an autobiography; what makes a good memoir and a bad memoir; how to decide what part of your life to write about, and how to be true to your own personality and voice. Throughout he cites examples from the work of successful memoir writers including Annie Dillard, Frank McCourt, and Eudora Welty, demonstrating how they solved problems of compression, focus, and tone, often overcoming early mistakes that took them in the wrong direction.

On Writing Well Audio Collection

"I know hardly any other writer who seems to be closer, or more continually close, to the Spirit of Christ Himself." So wrote C. S. Lewis of George MacDonald, the Scottish pastor and novelist who had a profound impact on Lewis’ own literary and spiritual career. Here Lewis gathers 365 of MacDonald’s most inspirational lines, prefacing them with details of the effects MacDonald had on Lewis himself. From “Inexorable Love” to “God at the Door”, MacDonald’s words will edify and uplift, just as they did for C. S. Lewis.

George MacDonald

Spanish architect and designer, Antoni Gaudí (1852-1926) was an important and influential figure in the history of contemporary Spanish art. His use of colour, application of a range of materials and the introduction of organic forms into his constructions were an innovation in the realm of architecture. In his journal, Gaudí freely expressed his own feelings on art, “the colours used in architecture have to be intense, logical and fertile.” His completed works (the Casa Batlló, 1905-1907 and the Casa Milà, 1905-1910) and his incomplete works (the restoration of the Poblet Monastery and the altarpiece of Alella in Barcelona) illustrate the importance of this philosophy. His furniture designs were conceived with the same philosophy, as shown, for example, in his own office (1878) or the lamps in the Plaza Real in Barcelona. The Sagrada Familia (1882-1926) was a monumental project which eventually took over his life (it was still incomplete at the time of his death).

Antoni Gaudí

After staying in Milan for his apprenticeship, Michelangelo da Caravaggio arrived in Rome in 1592. There he started to paint with both realism and psychological analysis of the sitters. Caravaggio was as temperamental in his painting as in his wild life. As he also responded to prestigious Church commissions, his dramatic style and his realism were seen as unacceptable. Chiaroscuro had existed well before he came on the scene, but it was Caravaggio who made the technique definitive, darkening the shadows and transfixing the subject in a blinding shaft of light. His influence was immense, firstly through those who were more or less directly his disciples. Famous during his lifetime, Caravaggio had a great influence upon Baroque art. The Genoese and Neapolitan Schools derived lessons from him, and the great movement of Spanish painting in the seventeenth century was connected with these schools. In the following generations the best endowed painters oscillated between the lessons of Caravaggio and the Carracci.

Caravaggio

Max Beckmann, Otto Dix, George Grosz, Emil Nolde, E.L. Kirchner, Paul Klee, Franz Marc as well as the Austrians Oskar Kokoschka and Egon Schiele were among the generation of highly individual artists who contributed to the vivid and often controversial new movement in early twentieth-century Germany and Austria: Expressionism. This publication introduces these artists and their work. The author, art historian Ashley Bassie, explains how Expressionist art led the way to a new, intense, evocative treatment of psychological, emotional and social themes in the early twentieth century. The book examines the developments of Expressionism and its key works, highlighting the often intensely subjective imagery and the aspirations and conflicts from which it emerged while focusing precisely on the artists of the movement.

Expressionism

Influenced by the masters of Antiquity, the genius of Michelangelo and Baroque sculpture, particularly of Bernini, Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) is one of the most renowned artists in history. Though Rodin is considered a founder of modern sculpture, he did not set out to critique past classical traditions. Many of his sculptures were criticised and considered controversial because of their sensuality or hyperrealist qualities. His most original works departed from traditional themes of mythology and allegory, and embraced the human body, celebrating individualism and physicality. This book uncovers the life and career of this highly acclaimed artist by exploring his most famous works of art, such as the Gates of Hell, The Thinker and the infamous The Kiss.

Auguste Rodin

Goya is perhaps the most approachable of painters. His art, like his life, is an open book. He concealed nothing from his contemporaries, and offered his art to them with the same frankness. The entrance to his world is not barricaded with technical difficulties. He proved that if a man has the capacity to live and multiply his experiences, to fight and work, he can produce great art without classical decorum and traditional respectability. He was born in 1746, in Fuendetodos, a small mountain village of a hundred inhabitants. As a child he worked in the fields with his two brothers and his sister until his talent for drawing put an end to his misery. At fourteen, supported by a wealthy patron, he went to Saragossa to study with a court painter and later, when he was nineteen, on to Madrid. Up to his thirty-seventh year, if we leave out of account the tapestry cartoons of unheralded decorative quality and five small pictures, Goya painted nothing of any significance, but once in control of his refractory powers, he produced masterpieces with the speed of Rubens. His court appointment was followed by a decade of incessant activity – years of painting and scandal, with intervals of bad health. Goya’s etchings demonstrate a draughtsmanship of the first rank. In paint, like Velázquez, he is more or less dependent on the model, but not in the detached fashion of the expert in still-life. If a woman was ugly, he made her a despicable horror; if she was alluring, he dramatised her charm. He preferred to finish his portraits at one sitting and was a tyrant with his models. Like Velázquez, he concentrated on faces, but he drew his heads cunningly, and constructed them out of tones of transparent greys. Monstrous forms inhabit his black-and-white world: these are his most profoundly deliberated productions. His fantastic figures, as he called them, fill us with a sense of ignoble joy, aggravate our devilish instincts and delight us with the uncharitable ecstasies of destruction. His genius attained its highest point in his etchings on the horrors of war. When placed beside the work of Goya, other pictures of war pale into sentimental studies of cruelty. He avoided the scattered action of the battlefield, and confined himself to isolated scenes of butchery. Nowhere else did he display such mastery of form and movement, such dramatic gestures and appalling effects of light and darkness. In all directions Goya renewed and innovated.

Goya

The Passionate Pilgrim, a collection of beautiful verses by Shakespeare and other contemporary poets, is here paired with the Bard's intriguing allegorical work The Phoenix and the Turtle, which focuses on the love and death of two birds a Phoenix and a Turtle Dove. Mysterious and haunting, these rarely recorded works are richly rewarding, performed to perfection by Gerard Logan. Highly praised for his performance of Shakespeare's The Rape of Lucrece, AUK Classics now bring you a wonderful set of readings from Olivier Award nominated actor Gerard Logan. This collection of readings will delight and enthrall in equal measure, and will appeal to many people, from casual listeners to true Shakespare fans. It may also be seen as a masterclass for aspiring performers, and will enhance any audiobook collection.

Shakespeare Classics

The Phoenix and the Turtle / The Passionate Pilgrim

Few people discuss the fact that Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) was the most important artist of the 20th century. Born in Malaga, Spain, Picasso revealed his genius at a very early age and was quick to make contact with the most advanced art circles of his time, first in Barcelona and later in Paris. In the modernist quest for novelty, Picasso turned to pre-Modern history and ‘primitive’ art for inspiration. We owe him and his colleague Georges Braque the invention of Cubism, not just one of many avant-garde movements but the aesthetic that would change the art of painting forever. Once free from traditional values, Picasso produced an outstanding oeuvre, both in terms of variety and quality. Victoria Charles received her PhD in art history. She has published extensively on art history and has contributed to Art Information, an international guide to contemporary art. She is a regular contributor to journals and magazines, Victoria Charles recently contributed to a collective work, World History of Art.

The ultimate book on Picasso

- About this series of books: Learn how to describe what you see, with bilingual text in English Portuguese, as you explore beautiful artwork. In this series, you will:	Discover amazing artworks	Learn more vocabulary in a new language	Learn how to describe what you see in a new language	Use the help of bilingual reading	Explore beautiful art in detail - About this book: In this book, Number 3, we will explore a beautiful painting by Jan Mijtens entitled: Family of Willem van den Kerckhoven. With the help of bilingual text in Portuguese English, we will explore the beautiful details of this work, learning new Portuguese vocabulary in this process. - See an example: Várias gerações desta família são retratadas neste trabalho. A família está reunida sob uma árvore, no meio da natureza. As cores fortes das roupas chamam a nossa atenção. = Several generations of this family are portrayed in this work. The family is gathered under a tree, in the middle of nature. The strong colors of the clothes catch our attention. Do you understand these first Portuguese sentences? Yes, you do! Why? Because it was presented to you using a new technique that is making learning languages easier than ever – the Bilingual Reading. We created this book using this technique so that you can learn Portuguese vocabulary in a fast and fun way and whenever you want. How does this work? It is simple: Bilingual Reading works by reading two versions of the same book or text at once. One version will be on the language you want to learn (in this case we will help you to learn portuguese vocabulary) and the other version will be in your native language or some other language you are comfortable with – here we will use English. Using this method, you will quickly start to learn Portuguese for foreigners from basics and learn Portuguese language easy by accumulating vocabulary. Learning Portuguese language books (in Portuguese English dual language format) is a process that will soon allow you to read texts that are more complex without having to spend hours and hours looking for every word meaning on a dictionary! Using this method, you will quickly begin to discover the meaning of words in Portuguese and accumulate vocabulary quickly. Step by step, with this learn Portuguese book for kids or adults you will see that everyone is memorizing more vocabulary in an easy, fast and fun way. It's a great tool for everyone interested to learn Portuguese language.

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- About this series of books: Learn how to describe what you see, with bilingual text in English Portuguese, as you explore beautiful artwork. In this series, you will:	Discover amazing artworks	Learn more vocabulary in a new language	Learn how to describe what you see in a new language	Use the help of bilingual reading	Explore beautiful art in detail - About this book: In this book, Number 4, we will explore a beautiful painting by Eduard Magnus entitled: Jenny Lind. With the help of bilingual text in Portuguese English, we will explore the beautiful details of this work, learning new Portuguese vocabulary in this process. - See an example: Os olhos dela são muito claros. O seu olhar transmite muita calma, faz-nos sentir bem. = Her eyes are very clear. His look transmits a lot of calm, makes us feel good. Do you understand these first Portuguese sentences? Yes, you do! Why? Because it was presented to you using a new technique that is making learning languages easier than ever – the Bilingual Reading. We created this book using this technique so that you can learn Portuguese vocabulary in a fast and fun way and whenever you want. How does this work? It is simple: Bilingual Reading works by reading two versions of the same book or text at once. One version will be on the language you want to learn (in this case we will help you to learn portuguese vocabulary) and the other version will be in your native language or some other language you are comfortable with – here we will use English. Using this method, you will quickly start to learn Portuguese for foreigners from basics and learn Portuguese language easy by accumulating vocabulary. Learning Portuguese language books (in Portuguese English dual language format) is a process that will soon allow you to read texts that are more complex without having to spend hours and hours looking for every word meaning on a dictionary! Using this method, you will quickly begin to discover the meaning of words in Portuguese and accumulate vocabulary quickly. Step by step, with this learn Portuguese book for kids or adults you will see that everyone is memorizing more vocabulary in an easy, fast and fun way. It's a great tool for everyone interested to learn Portuguese language.

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Little Women is a novel by American author Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888), which was originally published in two volumes in 1868 and 1869. Alcott wrote the books rapidly over several months at the request of her publisher The novel follows the lives of four sisters—Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy March—detailing their passage from childhood to womanhood, and is loosely based on the author and her three sisters. Little Women was an immediate commercial and critical success, and readers demanded to know more about the characters. Alcott quickly completed a second volume (entitled Good Wives in the United Kingdom, although this name derived from the publisher and not from Alcott). It was also successful. The two volumes were issued in 1880 in a single work entitled Little Women. Alcott also wrote two sequels to her popular work, both of which also featured the March sisters: Little Men (1871) and Jo's Boys (1886). Although Little Women was a novel for girls, it differed notably from the current writings for children, especially girls. The novel addressed three major themes: "domesticity, work, and true love, all of them interdependent and each necessary to the achievement of its heroine's individual identity." Little Women "has been read as a romance or as a quest, or both. It has been read as a family drama that validates virtue over wealth", but also "as a means of escaping that life by women who knew its gender constraints only too well".According to Sarah Elbert, Alcott created a new form of literature, one that took elements from Romantic children's fiction and combined it with others from sentimental novels, resulting in a totally new format. Elbert argued that within Little Women can be found the first vision of the "All-American girl" and that her multiple aspects are embodied in the differing March sisters.

Little Woman

This book tells you about the various tips and techniques that you need to know if have an Inverted Triangle Shaped body. It covers : Tops for Women With Wide Shoulders What to Wear on Slim Hips Dresses and Your Waist Making Space for Your New Look Wedding dress for inverted triangle body shape Bringing it All Together With Some Basics

How to Dress an Inverted Triangle Shaped Body

Mary Barton is the first novel by English author Elizabeth Gaskell, published in 1848. The story is set in Manchester between 1830 and 1840 and is responsible for the difficulties faced by the lower classes of Victorian England. We're in Manchester around 1840, dramatic period social conflicts and deep lacerations. Among the textile workers in struggle stands out the figure of John Barton, dragged by events to the bottom of a dark slash, and next to him, an extraordinary romantic note in a passionate novel of realism, daughter Mary, contested between two men at the Centre of a love affair that is interwoven with the social drama and turns and wraps , prompting a painful conflict between Mary and her father. Mary Barton, in what is considered the first English realist novel, knows how to combine romance with absolute spontaneity and sense of dramatic realism of life ...

Mary Barton

C. S. Lewis’s illuminating reflections on Milton’s Paradise Lost, the seminal classic that profoundly influenced Christian thought as well as Lewis’s own. In Preface to Paradise Lost, the Christian apologist and revered scholar and professor of literature closely examines the style, content, structure, and themes of Milton’s masterpiece, a retelling of the biblical story of the Fall of Humankind, Satan’s temptation, and the expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden. Considering the story within the context of the Western literary tradition, Lewis offers invaluable insights into Paradise Lost and the nature of literature itself, unveiling the poem’s beauty and its wisdom. Lewis explains and defends the literary form known as “Epic,” pondering simple yet perceptive questions such as: What is an Epic? Why, in the seventeenth century, did Milton choose to write his story in this style? In what sense is Paradise Lost similar to the Homeric poems or the Anglo Saxon Beowulf? In what sense did Milton develop Virgil’s legacy? With the clarity of thought and style that are the hallmarks of his writing, Lewis provides answers with a lucidity and lightness that deepens our understanding of this literary form and both illuminates Milton’s immortal epic and its meaning and inspires readers to revisit it. Ultimately, he reminds us why elements including ritual, splendor, and joy deserve to exist and hold a sacred place in human life. One of Lewis’s most revered scholarly works, Preface to Paradise Lost is indispensable for literature, philosophy, and religion scholars and for ardent fans of Lewis’s writings.

A Preface to Paradise Lost

Do you want to learn the fastest way to speak Italian fluently as a beginner without endless hours of memorization? Then keep listening... Without a doubt, being able to speak Italian opens doors to countless opportunities previously unavailable to you. From personal, professional, social, romantic opportunities. The challenge is that most other audiobook training programs that teach Italian make things either too long, complex, or obscure to be useful for you to master the language. However, simplicity is key. In fact, research and studies have shown that the average Italian speaker only uses 500-1,000 words in total in their daily conversations. By focusing on the most frequently used words, you will become proficient and fluent much quicker, with less time and effort. And that is what we created this audio training for. If you wanna learn more about how to start learning Italian quickly and easily...then simply click the buy now button on this page to get started today!

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A fully illustrated, practical guide full of essential skills and knowledge that school didn’t prepare us for‘We all learned how to take tests at school, but then we went out into the world and found ourselves underprepared! And the worst thing anyone can feel is helpless. So I’ve filled this book with over 100 of the most vital life skills and tools that will not only save you money and give you confidence, but may even save a life.’ - Myleene x This book will empower you, and your family, with essential knowledge to tackle everyday challenges. Packed full of advice, They Don't Teach This At School is full of information and tips on: • Escaping from a burning building • Dealing with medical emergencies • Getting a good night's sleep • How to be a good listener • Talking about racism • How to write a CV and apply for a job • Saying hello (and more) in different languages • Coping with a plumbing crisis • How to change a plug and a fuse • Checking the pressure on car tyres • Stopping your mouth burning when you've eaten something spicy • What to do if you're lost • How to feel confident about speaking in public

They Don’t Teach This at School

The new book of essays from Jonathan Franzen, author of Freedom. Jonathan Franzen’s ‘Freedom’ was the runaway most-discussed novel of 2010, an ambitious and searching engagement with life in America in the 21st century. Now, a new collection of Franzen’s non-fiction brings fresh demonstrations of his vivid, moral intelligence, confirming his status not only as a great American novelist but also as a master noticer, social critic, and self-investigator. In Farther Away, which gathers together essays and speeches written mostly in the past five years, the writer returns with renewed vigor to the themes, both human and literary, that have long preoccupied him. Whether recounting his violent encounter with bird poachers in Cyprus, examining his mixed feelings about the suicide of his friend and rival David Foster Wallace, or offering a moving and witty take on the ways that technology has changed how people express their love, these pieces deliver on Franzen’s implicit promise to conceal nothing from the reader. Taken together, these essays trace the progress of unique and mature mind wrestling with itself, with literature, and with some of the most important issues of our day. ‘Farther Away’ is remarkable, provocative, and necessary.

Farther Away

FOLGER SHAKESPEARE LIBRARY The World’s Leading Center for Shakespeare Studies The Folger Shakespeare Library, home to the world’s largest Shakespeare collection, brings Othello to life with this new full-length, full-cast dramatic recording of its definitive Folger Edition. In Othello, Shakespeare creates powerful drama from a marriage between the exotic Moor Othello and the Venetian lady Desdemona. Shakespeare builds many differences into his hero and heroine, including race, age, and cultural background. Yet most audiences believe the couple’s strong love would overcome these differences were it not for Iago, who sets out to destroy Othello. This new full-cast recording—based on the most respected edition of Shakespeare’s classic—expertly produced by the Folger Theatre, is perfect for students, teachers, and the everyday listener.

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Othello

Forty psychological essays - our personal experience, impressions and reflections as of tangueros and psychotherapists. About social tango from the inside: male and female; loneliness and rejection; traumas, fears and anxiety; leading and following; intimacy and contact. About the dance changing people and their lives.

Gift of Tango

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INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Financial Times Best Book of the Year The “compulsively readable narrative of beauty, business, privilege, and mogul-dom” (The New York Times) that reveals—for the first time—exactly wat happened at Glossier, one of America’s hottest and most consequential startups, and dives deep into the enigmatic, visionary woman responsible for it all. Called “one of the most disruptive brands in beauty” by Forbes, Glossier revolutionized the beauty industry with its sophisticated branding and unique approach to influencer marketing, almost instantly making the company a juggernaut with rabid fans. It also taught a generation of business leaders how to talk to Millennial and Gen Z customers and build a cult following online. At the center of the story lies Emily Weiss, the elusive former Teen Vogue “superintern” on the reality show The Hills turned Into the Gloss beauty blogger who had the vision, guts, and searing ambition needed to launch Glossier. She cannily turned every experience, every meeting into an opportunity to fuel her own personal success. Together with her expensive, signature style and singular vision for the future of consumerism, she could not be stopped. Just how did a girl from suburban Connecticut with no real job experience work her way into the bathrooms and boudoirs of the most influential names in the world and build that access into a 1.9-billion-dollar business? Is she solely responsible for its success? And why, eight years later, at the height of Glossier mania, did she step down? In Glossy, journalist and author Marisa Meltzer combines in-depth interviews with former Glossier employees, investors, and Weiss herself to bring you inside the walls of this fascinating and secretive company. From fundraising to product launches and unconventional hiring practices, Meltzer exposes the inner workings of Glossier’s culture, culminating in the story of Weiss herself. The Devil Wears Prada for the Bad Blood generation, Glossy is not just a gripping portrait of one of the most important business leaders of her generation, but also a chronicle of an era.

Glossy

In "Appreciations, with an Essay on Style," Walter Pater delivers a masterful exploration of aesthetic philosophy through a collection of critical essays that scrutinize the intricate relationship between art and perception. With a literary style characterized by its lyrical beauty and rich, vivid imagery, Pater engages deeply with the works of luminaries such as Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and literature's modernists, foregrounding the aesthetic experience as a profound and subjective engagement with life itself. This work not only reflects the intellectual milieu of the late Victorian era—a period rife with artistic experimentation—but also endeavors to articulate a doctrine of aestheticism that champions beauty as both a guiding principle and a moral imperative in art. Walter Pater was a pivotal figure in the aesthetic movement, whose scholarly pursuits in literature and philosophy laid the groundwork for modern literary criticism. His early career in academia afforded him a unique vantage point to appreciate the nuances of artistic expression and its philosophical underpinnings. Influenced by his encounters with Romanticism, Pater's deep-seated belief in the significance of personal interpretation and the inherent value of beauty permeates his work, establishing him as a voice of radical thought in an era of rigid conventions. For those seeking insight into the convergence of art and aesthetics, "Appreciations" stands as an essential read. Pater's elegant prose invites readers to contemplate the essence of beauty, encouraging a richer understanding of artistic endeavor and its emotional resonance. This book is a treasure for scholars, artists, and anyone wishing to cultivate an appreciation for the delicate interplay between style and substance in the world of arts.

Appreciations, with an Essay on Style

In his profound exploration titled "Shakespeare," Samuel Taylor Coleridge delves into the intricacies of William Shakespeare's oeuvre, employing a critical lens that merges literary analysis with philosophical inquiry. Coleridge's prose is characterized by a rich, poetic style that reflects his deep admiration for Shakespeare's artistry. He dissects key themes, character motivations, and dramatic structures, situating Shakespeare's work within the broader context of Elizabethan literature and the human condition. This work exemplifies the Romantic ideal of a deep emotional connection to the subject, revealing Coleridge's unique perspective on poetic imagination and the intricacies of Shakespearean drama. Coleridge, a leading figure of the Romantic movement, was significantly influenced by his own tumultuous life experiences, philosophical explorations, and immersive studies of literature. His background in classical and contemporary criticism shaped the methodologies he employed in dissecting Shakespeare's plays. Furthermore, Coleridge's relationship with fellow poets and intellectuals, including his well-known collaboration with Wordsworth, imbued his literary critiques with rich, interdisciplinary insights. This book is essential for readers seeking a deeper understanding of Shakespeare's work and its enduring influence on literature. Coleridge's incisive analysis offers both scholars and casual readers a fresh perspective, encouraging an appreciation of Shakespeare that transcends mere historical context to reveal the timeless relevance of his themes and characters.

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